Genus Maritimibacter
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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").
Maritimibacter Lee et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Maritimibacter alkaliphilus Lee et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. maritimus, of the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod, bacterium; N.L. masc. n. Maritimibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium of the sea.
Valid publication: LEE (K.), CHOO (Y.J.), GIOVANNONI (S.J.) and CHO (J.C.): Maritimibacter alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine bacterium of the Roseobacter clade in the order Rhodobacterales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1653-1658.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Maritimibacter Lee et al. 2007 emend. Zhong et al. 2015.
Reference: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C., WANG, F. and LIU, Z. P. 2015. Maritimibacter lacisalsi sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Maritimibacter Lee et al. 2007 Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3462-3468.
Original article.
Maritimibacter alkaliphilus Lee et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HTCC2654 = KCCM 42376 = NBRC 102057.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ915443.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from the Arabic word al-qaliy), the ashes of saltwort; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline conditions.
Valid publication: LEE (K.), CHOO (Y.J.), GIOVANNONI (S.J.) and CHO (J.C.): Maritimibacter alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine bacterium of the Roseobacter clade in the order Rhodobacterales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1653-1658.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Maritimibacter lacisalsi Zhong et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X12M-4=CGMCC 1.12922=JCM 30555.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ782425.
Etymology: L. n. lacus, lake; L. adj. salsus, salted, salt; N.L. gen. n. lacisalsi, of a salt lake, the habitat from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C., WANG, F. and LIU, Z. P. 2015. Maritimibacter lacisalsi sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Maritimibacter Lee et al. 2007 Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3462-3468.
Original article in IJSEM Online