Genus Humitalea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Humitalea Margesin and Zhang 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Humitalea rosea Margesin and Zhang 2013.
Etymology: L. n. humus, soil; L. fem. n. talea, a rod, stick; N.L. fem. n. Humitalea, a rod from soil.
Valid publication: MARGESIN (R.) and ZHANG (D.C.): Humitalea rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium of the family Acetobacteraceae isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1411-1416.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Humitalea rosea Margesin and Zhang 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) W37 = CIP 110261 = LMG 26243.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ882802.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. rosea, rose-coloured, pink, referring to the pigmentation of the bacterium.
Valid publication: MARGESIN (R.) and ZHANG (D.C.): Humitalea rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium of the family Acetobacteraceae isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1411-1416.
Original article in IJSEM Online