Genus Micropepsis
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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").
Micropepsis Harbison et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Micropepsis pineolensis Harbison et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. fem. n. pepsis, digestion; N.L. fem. n. Micropepsis, small digester.
Valid publication: HARBISON, A. B., PRICE, L. E., FLYTHE, M. D. and BRAUER, S. L. 2017. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 839-844.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Micropepsis pineolensis Harbison et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CS4=JCM 30711=ATCC BAA-2724.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU738893.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. pineolensis, pertaining to Pineola, NC, USA; N.L. fem. adj. pineolensis, small digester from Pineola.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: HARBISON, A. B., PRICE, L. E., FLYTHE, M. D. and BRAUER, S. L. 2017. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 839-844.
Original article in IJSEM Online