Genus Marixanthomonas
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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").
Marixanthomonas Romanenko et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Marixanthomonas ophiurae Romanenko et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. mare, the sea; Gr. adj. xanthos, yellow; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Marixanthomonas, a marine yellow monad.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), UCHINO (M.), FROLOVA (G.M.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 457-462.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Marixanthomonas ophiurae Romanenko et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 14121 = KMM 3046 = NRIC 0684.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB261012.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. ophiurae, of Ophiura, a genus of invertebrates belonging to the class Ophiuroidea, the source of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), UCHINO (M.), FROLOVA (G.M.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 457-462.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the etymology provided by Romanenko et al. 2007, the genus Ophiura is erroneously cited as a class ("N.L. gen. n. ophiurae, of Ophiura, a class of invertebrates belonging to the Ophiuroidea, the source of isolation of the type strain").