Genus Longibacter
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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").
Longibacter Xia et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Longibacter salinarum Xia et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. adj. longus, long; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Longibacter, a long rod.
Valid publication: XIA, J., DUNLAP, C. A., FLOR-WEILER, L., ROONEY, A. P., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2016. Longibacter salinarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3287-3292.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Longibacter salinarum Xia et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WDS2C18=MCCC 1H00132=KCTC 52045.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU954547.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. pl. gen. n. salinarum, of salterns.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: XIA, J., DUNLAP, C. A., FLOR-WEILER, L., ROONEY, A. P., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2016. Longibacter salinarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3287-3292.
Original article in IJSEM Online