Genus Longimicrobium
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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").
Longimicrobium Pascual et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Longimicrobium terrae Pascual et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. adj. longus, long; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Longimicrobium, long microbe, referring to the capacity of the type species to form very long rods.
Valid publication: PASCUAL, J., GARCIA-LOPEZ, M., BILLS, G. F. and GENILLOUD, O. 2016. Longimicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., an oligotrophic bacterium of the under-represented phylum Gemmatimonadetes isolated through a system of miniaturized diffusion chambers. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1976-1985.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Longimicrobium terrae Pascual et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CB-286315=DSM 29007=CECT 8660.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN833202.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the soil, the source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: PASCUAL, J., GARCIA-LOPEZ, M., BILLS, G. F. and GENILLOUD, O. 2016. Longimicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., an oligotrophic bacterium of the under-represented phylum Gemmatimonadetes isolated through a system of miniaturized diffusion chambers. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1976-1985.
Original article in IJSEM Online