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Genus Liberibacter

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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).


 

Liberibacter Fagen et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Liberibacter crescens Fagen et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. adj. liber, free; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Liberibacter, free rod.
Valid publication: FAGEN, J. R., LEONARD, M. T., COYLE, J. F., MCCULLOUGH, C. M., DAVIS-RICHARDSON, A. G., DAVIS, M. J. and TRIPLETT, E. W. 2014. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2461-2466.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Liberibacter crescens Fagen et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BT-1=ATCC BAA-2481=DSM 26877.
Sequence accession no. (complete genome) for the type strain: NC_019907.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: NC_019907.
Etymology: L. part. adj. crescens, growing, thriving.
Source: Plant pathogen.
Valid publication: FAGEN, J. R., LEONARD, M. T., COYLE, J. F., MCCULLOUGH, C. M., DAVIS-RICHARDSON, A. G., DAVIS, M. J. and TRIPLETT, E. W. 2014. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2461-2466.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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