Genus Microaerobacter
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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").
Microaerobacter Khelifi et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Microaerobacter geothermalis Khelifi et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small, little; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Microaerobacter, a rod able to live in the presence of small quantities of O2.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 137. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1-3.
Effective publication: KHELIFI (N.), BEN ROMDHANE (E.), HEDI (A.), POSTEC (A.), FARDEAU (M.L.), HAMDI (M.), THOLOZAN (J.L.), OLLIVIER (B.) and HIRSCHLER-RÉA (A.): Characterization of Microaerobacter geothermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerophilic, nitrate- and nitrite-reducing thermophilic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Tunisia. Extremophiles, 2010, 14, 297-304.
Validation List no. 137 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Microaerobacter geothermalis Khelifi et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Nad S1 = DSM 22679 = JCM 16213.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN552009.
Etymology: Gr. n. gê, earth; Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. masc. suff. -alis, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. geothermalis, geothermal, referring to hot terrestrial spring, the spring where the bacterium was isolated
Valid publication: Validation List no. 137. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1-3.
Effective publication: KHELIFI (N.), BEN ROMDHANE (E.), HEDI (A.), POSTEC (A.), FARDEAU (M.L.), HAMDI (M.), THOLOZAN (J.L.), OLLIVIER (B.) and HIRSCHLER-RÉA (A.): Characterization of Microaerobacter geothermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerophilic, nitrate- and nitrite-reducing thermophilic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Tunisia. Extremophiles, 2010, 14, 297-304.
Validation List no. 137 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online