Genus Marinithermofilum
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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").
Marinithermofilum Zhang et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Marinithermofilum abyssi Zhang et al. 2015.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. neut. n. filum, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Marinithermofilum, heat (loving) filament existing in marine environment.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y., LI, J., TIAN, X. and ZHANG, S. 2015. Marinithermofilum abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desmospora profundinema sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2622-2629.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Marinithermofilum abyssi Zhang et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SCSIO 11157=CGMCC 1.15179=NBRC 109939.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM368341.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abyssi, of the great deep.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y., LI, J., TIAN, X. and ZHANG, S. 2015. Marinithermofilum abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desmospora profundinema sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2622-2629.
Original article in IJSEM Online