Genus Litoreibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Litoreibacter albidus Romanenko et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. adj. litoreus, belonging to the seashore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Litoreibacter, rod from the seashore.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), TANAKA (N.), FROLOVA (G.M.), SVETASHEV (V.I.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 148-154.
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→ Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011 emend. Kim et al. 2012.
Reference: KIM (Y.O.), PARK (S.), NAM (B.H.), KANG (S.J.), HUR (Y.B.), KIM (D.G.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Description of Litoreibacter meonggei sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, reclassification of Thalassobacter arenae as Litoreibacter arenae comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1825-1831.
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Litoreibacter albidus Romanenko et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 16493 = KMM 3851 = NRIC 0773.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB518881.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. albidus, white.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), TANAKA (N.), FROLOVA (G.M.), SVETASHEV (V.I.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 148-154.
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Litoreibacter arenae (Kim et al. 2009) Kim et al. 2012, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GA2-M15 = DSM 19593 = KACC 12675.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU342372.
Basonym: ¤ Thalassobacter arenae Kim et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. gen. n. arenae, of sand.
Valid publication: KIM (Y.O.), PARK (S.), NAM (B.H.), KANG (S.J.), HUR (Y.B.), KIM (D.G.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Description of Litoreibacter meonggei sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, reclassification of Thalassobacter arenae as Litoreibacter arenae comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1825-1831.
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Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola Kim et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RSS4-C1=KCTC 42050=CECT 8539.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ410763.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ascidiacea, name of a zoological class; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), a dweller, inhabitant; N.L. n. ascidiaceicola, Ascidiacea dweller.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: KIM, Y.-O., PARK, S., NAM, B.-H., PARK, J.-M., KIM, D.-G. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola sp. nov., isolated from the golden sea squirt Halocynthia aurantium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2545-2550.
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Litoreibacter halocynthiae Kim et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P-MA1-7=KCTC 32213=CCUG 63416.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX644172.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. halocynthiae, of Halocynthia, named after the generic name of the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: KIM, Y.-O., PARK, S., NAM, B.-H., JUNG, Y.-T., KIM, D.-G., LEE, J.-S., LEE, S. J. and YOON, J.-H. 2013. Litoreibacter halocynthiae sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3364-3368.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 16492 = KMM 3842 = NRIC 0772.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB518880.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. janthinus, violet–blue.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), TANAKA (N.), FROLOVA (G.M.), SVETASHEV (V.I.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 148-154.
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Litoreibacter meonggei Kim et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MA1-1 = CCUG 61486 = KCTC 23699.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN021667.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. meonggei, of meongge, the Korean name for the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KIM (Y.O.), PARK (S.), NAM (B.H.), KANG (S.J.), HUR (Y.B.), KIM (D.G.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Description of Litoreibacter meonggei sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, reclassification of Thalassobacter arenae as Litoreibacter arenae comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1825-1831.
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Litoreibacter ponti Park et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GJSW-31=KCTC 42114=NBRC 110379.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ729031.
Etymology: L. gen. n. ponti, of the sea, referring to the isolation of the type strain from seawater.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., PARK, J.-M., PARK, D.-S. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Litoreibacter ponti sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3810-3815.
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