Genus Isobaculum
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Isobaculum Collins et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Isobaculum melis Collins et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. adj. isos, like, similar; L. neut. n. baculum, rod; N.L. neut. n. Isobaculum, the one like a stick or a rod.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), HUTSON (R.A.), FOSTER (G.), FALSEN (E.) and WEISS (N.): Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 207-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isobaculum melis Collins et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M577-94 = CCUG 37660 = DSM 13760.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ302648.
Etymology: L. n. meles, badger; L. gen. n. melis, of the badger
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), HUTSON (R.A.), FOSTER (G.), FALSEN (E.) and WEISS (N.): Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 207-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online