Genus Litorilinea
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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").
Litorilinea Kale et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Litorilinea aerophila Kale et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. litus -oris, seashore; L. fem. n. linea, line; N.L. fem. n. Litorilinea, a line-shaped organism of the seashore.
Valid publication: KALE (V.), BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (S.H.), FRIÐJÓNSSON (O.H.), PÉTURSDÓTTIR (S.K.), ÓMARSDÓTTIR (S.) and HREGGVIÐSSON (G.O.) : Litorilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic member of the class Caldilineae, phylum Chloroflexi, isolated from an intertidal hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1149-1154.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Litorilinea aerophila Kale et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PRI-4131 = ATCC BAA-2444 = DSM 25763.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ733906.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer, air; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aerophila, air loving.
Valid publication: KALE (V.), BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (S.H.), FRIÐJÓNSSON (O.H.), PÉTURSDÓTTIR (S.K.), ÓMARSDÓTTIR (S.) and HREGGVIÐSSON (G.O.) : Litorilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic member of the class Caldilineae, phylum Chloroflexi, isolated from an intertidal hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1149-1154.
Original article in IJSEM Online