Genus Ichthyobacterium
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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").
Ichthyobacterium Takano et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ichthyobacterium seriolicida Takano et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. n. ichthys, fish; L. neut. n. bacterium rod or staff; N.L. neut. n. Ichthyobacterium, fish bacterium, because the organism was first isolated from a fish.
Valid publication: TAKANO, T., MATSUYAMA, T., SAKAI, T., NAKAMURA, Y., KAMAISHI, T., NAKAYASU, C., KONDO, H., HIRONO, I., FUKUDA, Y., SORIMACHI, M. and IIDA, T. 2016. Ichthyobacterium seriolicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’, isolated from yellowtail fish (Seriola quinqueradiata) affected by bacterial haemolytic jaundice, and proposal of a new family, Ichthyobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 580-586.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ichthyobacterium seriolicida Takano et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JBKA-6=ATCC BAA-2465=JCM 18228.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB713897.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. n. Seriola, generic name of the yellowtail; L. suff. cida, from L. v. caedo, to kill; N.L. n. seriolicida, yellowtail killer.
Source: Veterinary.
Valid publication: TAKANO, T., MATSUYAMA, T., SAKAI, T., NAKAMURA, Y., KAMAISHI, T., NAKAYASU, C., KONDO, H., HIRONO, I., FUKUDA, Y., SORIMACHI, M. and IIDA, T. 2016. Ichthyobacterium seriolicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’, isolated from yellowtail fish (Seriola quinqueradiata) affected by bacterial haemolytic jaundice, and proposal of a new family, Ichthyobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 580-586.
Original article in IJSEM Online