Genus Mesoaciditoga
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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").
Mesoaciditoga Reysenbach et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Mesoaciditoga lauensis Reysenbach et al. 2013.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. n. acidum, an acid, from L. adj. acidus -a -um sour, tart; L. fem. n. toga, Roman outer garment, toga; N.L. fem. n. Mesoaciditoga, a moderately acidophilic toga.
Reference: REYSENBACH, A.-L., LIU, Y., LINDGREN, A. R., WAGNER, I. D., SISLAK, C. D., METS, A. and SCHOUTEN, S. 2013. Mesoaciditoga lauensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermoacidophilic member of the order Thermotogales from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4724-4729..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mesoaciditoga lauensis Reysenbach et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) cd-1655R=DSM 25116=OCM 1212.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ347593.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lauensis, of or pertaining to Lau, referring to the deep-sea vents in the Lau basin in the south-western Pacific Ocean, from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: REYSENBACH, A.-L., LIU, Y., LINDGREN, A. R., WAGNER, I. D., SISLAK, C. D., METS, A. and SCHOUTEN, S. 2013. Mesoaciditoga lauensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermoacidophilic member of the order Thermotogales from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4724-4729.
Original article in IJSEM Online