Genus Lamprobacter
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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).
Lamprobacter Gorlenko et al. 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Lamprobacter modestohalophilus Gorlenko et al. 1988.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Lpb. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. lampros, bright, brilliant; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Lamprobacter, brilliant rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: GORLENKO (V.M.), KRASIL'NIKOVA (E.N.), KIKINA (O.G.) and TATARINOVA (N.Y.): The new motile purple sulfur bacteria Lamprobacter modestohalophilus nov. gen., nov. sp. with gas vacuoles. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol., 1979, 5, 755-767.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online
Lamprobacter modestohalophilus Gorlenko et al. 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) INMI RO-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: L. adj. modestus, moderate; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. modestohalophilus, moderate salt-loving.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: GORLENKO (V.M.), KRASIL'NIKOVA (E.N.), KIKINA (O.G.) and TATARINOVA (N.Y.): The new motile purple sulfur bacteria Lamprobacter modestohalophilus nov. gen., nov. sp. with gas vacuoles. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol., 1979, 5, 755-767.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 According to Dr. Kuever, the strain INMI RO-1 is lost.
Reference: KUEVER (J.): Personal communication (February 11, 2010).
2 The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection.
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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