Genus Motilibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Motilibacter Lee 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Motilibacter peucedani Lee 2012.
Etymology: L. adj. motilis, motile; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Motilibacter, a motile rod.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.): Motilibacter peucedani gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 315-321.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Motilibacter Lee 2012 emend. Lee 2013.
Reference: LEE, S. D. 2013. Proposal of Motilibacteraceae fam. nov., with the description of Motilibacter rhizosphaerae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3818-3822.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Motilibacter peucedani Lee 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RP-AC37 = DSM 45328 = KCTC 19630.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM998003.
Etymology: L. n. peucedanum, the plant hog’s-fennel or sulphurwort and also a botanical genus name (Peucedanum); L. gen. n. peucedani of Peucedanum, isolated from Peucedanum japonicum Thunb.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.): Motilibacter peucedani gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 315-321.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Motilibacter rhizosphaerae Lee 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RS-16=KACC 16209=DSM 45622.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM998018.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. rhiza, a root; L. fem. n. sphaera, ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere, referring to the site from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: LEE, S. D. 2013. Proposal of Motilibacteraceae fam. nov., with the description of Motilibacter rhizosphaerae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3818-3822.
Original article in IJSEM Online