Genus Limnobacter
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: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Limnobacter thiooxidans Spring et al. 2001.
Etymology: Gr. n. limnos (or limnê), pool of standing water, lake; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Limnobacter, lake rod, referring to the isolation of the type species from lake sediment.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Limnobacter thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1463-1470.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001 emend. Lu et al. 2011.
Reference: LU (H.), SATO (Y.), FUJIMURA (R.), NISHIZAWA (T.), KAMIJO (T.) and OHTA (H.): Limnobacter litoralis sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a volcanic deposit, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 404-407.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001 emend. Nguyen and Kim 2017.
Reference: NGUYEN, T. M. and KIM, J. 2017. Limnobacter humi sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from humus soil, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001. J. Microbiol., 55, 508-513.
Original article.
Limnobacter humi Nguyen and Kim 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UCM-39=KACC 18574=NBRC 111650.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT750338.
Etymology: N/A.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 177. List of novel names and novel combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 3140-3143.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: NGUYEN, T. M. and KIM, J. 2017. Limnobacter humi sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from humus soil, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001. J. Microbiol., 55, 508-513.
Effective publication Online
Limnobacter litoralis Lu et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KP1-19 = CIP 109929 = LMG 24869 = NBRC 105857.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB366174.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore, referring to the supralitoral habitat from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LU (H.), SATO (Y.), FUJIMURA (R.), NISHIZAWA (T.), KAMIJO (T.) and OHTA (H.): Limnobacter litoralis sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a volcanic deposit, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 404-407.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Limnobacter thiooxidans Spring et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CS-K2 = DSM 13612 = LMG 19593.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ289885.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thiooxidans, oxidizing sulfur.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Limnobacter thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1463-1470.
Original article in IJSEM Online