Genus Liberibacter
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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).
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
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