Genus Mucinivorans
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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").
Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Mucinivorans hirudinis Nelson et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. mucinum, mucin; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. masc. n. Mucinivorans, mucin consumer.
Valid publication: NELSON, M. C., BOMAR, L., MALTZ, M. and GRAF, J. 2015. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 990-995.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mucinivorans hirudinis Nelson et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M3=ATCC BAA-2553=DSM 27344.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG934468.
Etymology: L. gen. n. hirudinis of the leech.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: NELSON, M. C., BOMAR, L., MALTZ, M. and GRAF, J. 2015. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 990-995.
Original article in IJSEM Online