Genus Hylemonella
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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").
Hylemonella Spring et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hylemonella gracilis (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Hylemonella, named in honour of Philip B. Hylemon who made important contributions to the taxonomy of freshwater spirilla.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), JÄCKEL (U.), WAGNER (M.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 99-106.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hylemonella gracilis (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2004, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19624= DSM 9158 = IFO (now NBRC) 14920 = LMG 8201 = VKM B-1405.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF078753.
Basonym: ¤ Aquaspirillum gracile (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Spirillum gracile" Canale-Parola et al. 1966.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. gracilis, thin, slight, slender.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), JÄCKEL (U.), WAGNER (M.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 99-106.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The basonym of Hylemonella gracilis (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2004 must be Aquaspirillum gracile (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980), not "Spirillum gracile" Canale-Parola et al. 1966 as cited in the paper by Spring et al. 2004.