Genus Hydrogenimonas
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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").
Hydrogenimonas Takai et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hydrogenimonas thermophila Takai et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Hydrogenimonas, hydrogen monad.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 25-32.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The neo-Latin noun hydrogenium, cited in the etymology provided by Takai et al. 2004, should be changed to hydrogenum (without i).
Hydrogenimonas thermophila Takai et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EP1-55-1% = ATCC BAA-737 = JCM 11971.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB105048.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 25-32.
Original article in IJSEM Online