Genus Hypnocyclicus
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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").
Hypnocyclicus Roalkvam et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hypnocyclicus thermotrophus Roalkvam et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. hypnos, sleep; Gr. adj. kyklikos, round or ring-shaped; N.L. masc. n. Hypnocyclicus, an organism that sleeps as a ring.
Valid publication: ROALKVAM, I., BREDY, F., BAUMBERGER, T., PEDERSEN, R. B. and STEEN, I. H. 2015. Hypnocyclicus thermotrophus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a microbial mat in a hydrothermal vent field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4521-4525.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hypnocyclicus thermotrophus Roalkvam et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IR-2=DSM 100055=JCM 30901.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP869170.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, warm; Gr. masc. n. trophos, feeder; N.L. masc. adj. thermotrophus, feeding under warm conditions.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: ROALKVAM, I., BREDY, F., BAUMBERGER, T., PEDERSEN, R. B. and STEEN, I. H. 2015. Hypnocyclicus thermotrophus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a microbial mat in a hydrothermal vent field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4521-4525.
Original article in IJSEM Online