Genus Mycoavidus
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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").
Mycoavidus Ohshima et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Mycoavidus cysteinexigens Ohshima et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. n. mukês -etis, a mushroom, fungus; L. adj. avidus, eager for, loving; N.L. masc. n. Mycoavidus, fungus-lover.
Valid publication: OHSHIMA, S., SATO, Y., FUJIMURA, R., TAKASHIMA, Y., HAMADA, M., NISHIZAWA, T., NARISAWA, K. and OHTA, H. 2016. Mycoavidus cysteinexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., an endohyphal bacterium isolated from a soil isolate of the fungus Mortierella elongata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2052-2057.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mycoavidus cysteinexigens Ohshima et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B1-EB=JCM 30646=LMG 28693=NBRC 110909.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC005489.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. n. cysteinum, cysteine; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. cysteinexigens, cysteine-demanding.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: OHSHIMA, S., SATO, Y., FUJIMURA, R., TAKASHIMA, Y., HAMADA, M., NISHIZAWA, T., NARISAWA, K. and OHTA, H. 2016. Mycoavidus cysteinexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., an endohyphal bacterium isolated from a soil isolate of the fungus Mortierella elongata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2052-2057.
Original article in IJSEM Online