Genus Laribacter
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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").
Laribacter Yuen et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Laribacter hongkongensis Yuen et al. 2002.
Etymology: L. n. larus, a ravenous sea-bird, the mew; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Laribacter, a rod in the shape of a seagull.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 87. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1437-1438.
Effective publication: YUEN (K.Y.), WOO (P.C.Y.), TENG (J.L.L.), LEUNG (K.W.), WONG (M.K.M.) and LAU (S.K.P.): Laribacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative bacterium isolated from a cirrhotic patient with bacteremia and empyema. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2001, 39, 4227-4232.
Validation List no. 87 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Laribacter hongkongensis Yuen et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKU1 = CCUG 45813 = DSM 14985 = LMG 21516.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF389085.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong-Kong.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 87. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1437-1438.
Effective publication: YUEN (K.Y.), WOO (P.C.Y.), TENG (J.L.L.), LEUNG (K.W.), WONG (M.K.M.) and LAU (S.K.P.): Laribacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative bacterium isolated from a cirrhotic patient with bacteremia and empyema. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2001, 39, 4227-4232.
Validation List no. 87 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The type strain LMG 21516 has been provided by P. Woo in a personal communication to the List Editor.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 87 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1437-1438.