Genus Maritalea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Maritalea myrionectae Hwang et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. neut. n. mare, the sea; L. fem. n. talea, a staff, rod; N.L. fem. n. Maritalea, rod inhabiting marine environments.
Valid publication: HWANG (C.Y.), CHO (K.D.), YIH (W.) and CHO (B.C.): Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 609-614.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Fukui et al. 2012, Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Zhangella Xu et al. 2009.
Reference: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), ISHIHARA (K.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Maritalea porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from a red alga (Porphyra yezoensis), and transfer of Zhangella mobilis to Maritalea mobilis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 43-48.
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Maritalea mobilis (Xu et al. 2009) Fukui et al. 2012, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E6 = CGMCC 1.7002 = JCM 15144.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU255260.
Basonym: ¤ Zhangella mobilis Xu et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. mobilis, motile, pertaining to the motility of the type strain.
Valid publication: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), ISHIHARA (K.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Maritalea porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from a red alga (Porphyra yezoensis), and transfer of Zhangella mobilis to Maritalea mobilis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 43-48.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Maritalea myrionectae Hwang et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-SK30 = DSM 19524 = KCCM 90060.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF988631.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. myrionectae, of Myrionecta, the generic name of the ciliate (Myrionecta rubra) from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: HWANG (C.Y.), CHO (K.D.), YIH (W.) and CHO (B.C.): Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 609-614.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Maritalea porphyrae Fukui et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LCM-3 = LMG 25872 = NBRC 107169.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB583774.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. porphyrae, of Porphyra, from Porphyra yezoensis, the scientific name of the red alga from which the species was first isolated.
Valid publication: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), ISHIHARA (K.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Maritalea porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from a red alga (Porphyra yezoensis), and transfer of Zhangella mobilis to Maritalea mobilis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 43-48.
Original article in IJSEM Online