Genus Luminiphilus
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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").
Luminiphilus Spring et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Luminiphilus syltensis Spring et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. lumen -inis, light; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Luminiphilus, bacterium loving light, referring to the utilization of light for the promotion of growth.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
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Effective publication: SPRING, S., RIEDEL, T., SPRÖER, C., YAN, S., HARDER, J. and FUCHS, B. M. 2013. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol., 13, 118.
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Luminiphilus syltensis Spring et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ivo14=NOR5-1B = DSM 22749= JCM 17770.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: ACCY01000000.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. syltensis, of or pertaining to the Sylt island, the region of origin.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
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Effective publication: SPRING, S., RIEDEL, T., SPRÖER, C., YAN, S., HARDER, J. and FUCHS, B. M. 2013. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol., 13, 118.
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