Genus Gracilimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gracilimonas tropica Choi et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. gracilis, slender, thin; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Gracilimonas, thin unit (bacterium), relating to its shape.
Valid publication: CHOI (D.H.), ZHANG (G.I.), NOH (J.H.), KIM (W.S.) and CHO (B.C.): Gracilimonas tropica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1167-1172.
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→ Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009 emend. Cho et al. 2013.
Reference: CHO, Y., CHUNG, H., JANG, G. I., CHOI, D. H., NOH, J. H. and CHO, B. C. 2013. Gracilimonas rosea sp. nov., isolated from tropical seawater, and emended description of the genus Gracilimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4006-4011.
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Gracilimonas amylolytica Wu et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LA399=CGMCC 1.16248=KCTC 52885.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT985637.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: PQBS00000000.
Etymology: Gr. n. amylon, starch; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lytikos, -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch dissolving.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WU, Y. H., YAN, J., FANG, C., HUO, Y. Y., MA, W. L., ZHANG, D. M., WANG, C. S. and XU, X. W. 2018. Gracilimonas amylolytica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1713-1718.
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Gracilimonas halophila Lu et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WDS2C40=KCTC 52042=MCCC 1H00135.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU987442.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos, -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LU, D. C., XIA, J., DUNLAP, C. A., ROONEY, A. P. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Gracilimonas halophila sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3251-3255.
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Gracilimonas mengyeensis Wang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM J14=ACCC 10717=DSM 21985.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC561141.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. mengyeensis, of or belonging to the Mengye salt mine, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: WANG, Y.-X., LI, Y.-P., LIU, J.-H., XIAO, W., LAI, Y.-H., LI, Z.-Y., DING, Z.-G., WEN, M.-L.-and CUI, X.-L. 2013. Gracilimonas mengyeensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-western China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3989-3993.
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Gracilimonas rosea Cho et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-KR2=KCCM 90206=JCM 18898.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC686334.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. rosea, rose-coloured, pink, referring to the colony colour.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: CHO, Y., CHUNG, H., JANG, G. I., CHOI, D. H., NOH, J. H. and CHO, B. C. 2013. Gracilimonas rosea sp. nov., isolated from tropical seawater, and emended description of the genus Gracilimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4006-4011.
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Gracilimonas tropica Choi et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-CB462 = DSM 19535 = KCCM 90063.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF988655.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. tropica, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to its isolation from a tropical ocean.
Valid publication: CHOI (D.H.), ZHANG (G.I.), NOH (J.H.), KIM (W.S.) and CHO (B.C.): Gracilimonas tropica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1167-1172.
Original article in IJSEM Online