Genus Limnochorda
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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").
Limnochorda Watanabe et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Limnochorda pilosa Watanabe et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. n. limnos, lake; L. fem. n. chorda, chord, string; N.L. fem. n. Limnochorda, string of lake, referring to the isolation source of the type species.
Valid publication: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2378-2384.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Limnochorda pilosa Watanabe et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HC45=NBRC 110152=DSM 28787.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB992259.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pilosa, hairy, rough, bristly, referring to the shaggy cell surface of the organism.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2378-2384.
Original article in IJSEM Online