Genus Mariniphaga
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Mariniphaga Iino et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Mariniphaga anaerophila Iino et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, marine; Gr. v. phagein, to devour, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Mariniphaga, a marine eater.
Valid publication: IINO, T., MORI, K., ITOH, T., KUDO, T., SUZUKI, K.-I. and OHKUMA, M. 2014. Description of Mariniphaga anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively aerobic marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment, reclassification of the Draconibacteriaceae as a later heterotypic synonym of the Prolixibacteraceae and description of the family Marinifilaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3660-3667.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mariniphaga anaerophila Iino et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Fu11-5=JCM 18693=NBRC 109408=DSM 26910.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB921558.
Etymology: Gr pref. an, non-, not; Gr. n. aer, aeris, air; N.L. fem. adj. phila, from Gr. fem. adj. philê, friend to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. anaerophila, not air-loving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: IINO, T., MORI, K., ITOH, T., KUDO, T., SUZUKI, K.-I. and OHKUMA, M. 2014. Description of Mariniphaga anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively aerobic marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment, reclassification of the Draconibacteriaceae as a later heterotypic synonym of the Prolixibacteraceae and description of the family Marinifilaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3660-3667.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mariniphaga sediminis Wang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SY21=KCTC 42260=MCCC 1H00107.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP172528.
Etymology: L. n. sedimen -inis, sediment; L. gen. n. sediminis of sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WANG, F.-Q., SHEN, Q. Y., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2015. Mariniphaga sediminis sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2908-2912.
Original article in IJSEM Online