Genus Mooreia
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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").
Mooreia Choi et al. 2013, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Mooreiaceae Choi et al. 2013).
Type species: ¤ Mooreia alkaloidigena Choi et al. 2013.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Mooreia, named after the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Valid publication: CHOI (E.J.), BEATTY (D.S.), PAUL (L.A.), FENICAL (W.) and JENSEN (P.R.): Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1219-1228.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mooreia alkaloidigena Choi et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CNX-216 = DSM 25187 = KCCM 90102.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN368460.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkaloidum, alkaloid; L. fem. suff. -gena (from L. v. gigno, to produce), producing; N.L. fem. adj. alkaloidigena, producing alkaloids.
Valid publication: CHOI (E.J.), BEATTY (D.S.), PAUL (L.A.), FENICAL (W.) and JENSEN (P.R.): Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1219-1228.
Original article in IJSEM Online