Genus Lebetimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Lebetimonas Takai et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Lebetimonas acidiphila Takai et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. lebes -etis, a copper basin, kettle, caldron; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Lebetimonas, cell from a caldron.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), HIRAYAMA (H.), NAKAGAWA (T.), SUZUKI (Y.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 183-189.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Lebetimonas acidiphila Takai et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Pd55 = DSM 16356 = JCM 12420.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB167820.
Etymology: L. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), HIRAYAMA (H.), NAKAGAWA (T.), SUZUKI (Y.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 183-189.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Lebetimonas natsushimae Nagata et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HS1857=DSM 104102=NBRC 112478.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: NR_152636.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: NZ_BDME00000000.
Etymology: N/A.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 178. List of novel names and novel combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 4291-4293.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: NAGATA, R., TAKAKI, Y., TAME, A., NUNOURA, T., MUTO, H., MINO, S., SAWAYAMA, S., TAKAI, K. and NAKAGAWA, S. 2017. Lebetimonas natsushimae sp. nov., a novel strictly anaerobic, moderately thermophilic chemoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 40, 352-356.
Effective publication Online