Genus Limibacter
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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").
Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. n. limus, mud; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Limibacter, rod from mud, referring to the isolation source of the first strains.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 982-986.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Limus is a Latin noun, not a Latin adjective as cited in the etymology provided in the paper by Yoon et al. 2008.
Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YM11-185 = KCTC 22132 = MBIC08286.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB359907.
Etymology: L. neut. n. armeniacum (nominative in apposition), an apricot, a rod called the apricot, intended to mean apricot-coloured.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 982-986.
Original article in IJSEM Online
