Genus Levilinea
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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").
Levilinea Yamada et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Levilinea saccharolytica Yamada et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. adj. levis, smooth; L. fem. n. linea, line; N.L. fem. n. Levilinea, smooth, line-shaped organism.
Valid publication: YAMADA (T.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), HANADA (S.), IMACHI (H.), OHASHI (A.), HARADA (H.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Anaerolinea thermolimosa sp. nov., Levilinea saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Leptolinea tardivitalis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous anaerobes, and description of the new classes Anaerolineae classis nov. and Caldilineae classis nov. in the bacterial phylum Chloroflexi. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1331-1340.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Levilinea saccharolytica Yamada et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KIBI-1 = DSM 16555 = JCM 12578.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB109439.
Etymology: Gr. n. saccharon, sugar; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. saccharolytica, saccharolytic, using various sugars.
Valid publication: YAMADA (T.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), HANADA (S.), IMACHI (H.), OHASHI (A.), HARADA (H.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Anaerolinea thermolimosa sp. nov., Levilinea saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Leptolinea tardivitalis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous anaerobes, and description of the new classes Anaerolineae classis nov. and Caldilineae classis nov. in the bacterial phylum Chloroflexi. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1331-1340.
Original article in IJSEM Online