Genus Labilithrix
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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").
Labilithrix Yamamoto et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Labilithrix luteola Yamamoto et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. adj. labilis, slippery, gliding; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Labilithrix, gliding bacterium that forms swarming colonies with a periphery that resembles hair.
Valid publication: YAMAMOTO, E., MURAMATSU, H. and NAGAI, K. 2014. Vulgatibacter incomptus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Labilithrix luteola gen. nov., sp. nov., two myxobacteria isolated from soil in Yakushima Island, and the description of Vulgatibacteraceae fam. nov., Labilitrichaceae fam. nov. and Anaeromyxobacteraceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3360-3368.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Labilithrix luteola Yamamoto et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B00002=NBRC 109946=DSM 27648.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB847449.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. luteola, light yellow.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: YAMAMOTO, E., MURAMATSU, H. and NAGAI, K. 2014. Vulgatibacter incomptus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Labilithrix luteola gen. nov., sp. nov., two myxobacteria isolated from soil in Yakushima Island, and the description of Vulgatibacteraceae fam. nov., Labilitrichaceae fam. nov. and Anaeromyxobacteraceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3360-3368.
Original article in IJSEM Online