Genus Myroides
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 10
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. n. muron, perfume; L. suff. -oides (from Gr. suff. -eides, from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), ressembling, similar; N.L. masc. n. Myroides, resembling perfume.
Valid publication: VANCANNEYT (M.), SEGERS (P.), TORCK (U.), HOSTE (B.), BERNARDET (J.F.), VANDAMME (P.) and KERSTERS (K.): Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 926-932.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996 emend. Yan et al. 2012.
Reference: YAN (S.), ZHAO (N.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 770-775.
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Myroides guanonis Tomova et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IM13=DSM 26542=NBIMCC 8736.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE663456.
Etymology: N.L. n. guano -onis, guano; N.L. gen. n. guanonis, of/from guano.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: TOMOVA, A., TOMOVA, I., VASILEVA-TONKOVA, E., LAZARKEVICH, I., STOILOVA-DISHEVA, M., LYUTSKANOVA, D. and KAMBOUROVA, M. 2013. Myroides guanonis sp. nov., isolated from prehistoric paintings. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4266-4270.
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Myroides indicus Ram et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UKS3=DSM 28213=NCIM 5555.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC906253.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. indicus, pertaining to India, Indian.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: RAM, H., KUMAR, A., THOMAS, L., DASTAGER, S. G., MAWLANKAR, R. and SINGH, V. P. 2015. Myroides indicus sp. nov., isolated from garden soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4008-4012.
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Myroides injenensis Paek et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M09-0166=JCM 17451=KCTC 23367.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ671078.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: NZ_BAEX00000000.1.
Etymology: -.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 1105-1111.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: PAEK, J., SHIN, J. H., SHIN, Y., PARK, I.-S., JIN, T.-E., KOOK, J.-K., WIE, S.-H., CHO, H. G., PARK, S.-J. and CHANG, Y.-H. 2015. Myroides injenensis sp. nov., a new member isolated from human urine. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 107, 201-207.
Effective publication Online
Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JS-08 = JCM 16529 = KCTC 23023.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ857652.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: CHO (S.H.), CHAE (S.H.), IM (W.T.) and KIM (S.B.): Myroides marinus sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 938-941.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011 emend. Yan et al. 2012.
Valid publication: YAN (S.), ZHAO (N.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 770-775.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Myroides odoratimimus Vancanneyt et al. 1996, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 39352 = CIP 105170 = JCM 7460 = LMG 4029 = NCTC 11180.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ854059.
Etymology: L. part. masc. adj. odoratus, a specific epithet; L. n. mimus, a mime, an imitator; N.L. n. odoratimimus, imitator of (Myroides) odoratus.
Valid publication: VANCANNEYT (M.), SEGERS (P.), TORCK (U.), HOSTE (B.), BERNARDET (J.F.), VANDAMME (P.) and KERSTERS (K.): Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 926-932.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 4651= CCUG 7321 = CIP 103105 = DSM 2801 = IFO (now NBRC) 14945 = JCM 7458 = LMG 1233 = NCTC 11036.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M58777.
Basonym: ¤ Flavobacterium odoratum Stutzer 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. part. masc. adj. odoratus, perfumed.
Valid publication: VANCANNEYT (M.), SEGERS (P.), TORCK (U.), HOSTE (B.), BERNARDET (J.F.), VANDAMME (P.) and KERSTERS (K.): Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 926-932.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Myroides pelagicus Yoon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SM1 = IAM 15337 = JCM 21782 = KCTC 12661 = NBRC 102469.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB176662.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pelagicus, of or belonging to the sea.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), MANEERAT (S.), KAWAI (F.) and YOKOTA (A.): Myroides pelagicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1917-1920.
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Myroides phaeus Yan et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MY15 = DSM 23313 = LMG 25566.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU253339.
Etymology: Gr. adj. phaios (Latin transliteration phaeos), brown; N.L. masc. adj. phaeus, brown, referring to the colour of the colonies.
Valid publication: YAN (S.), ZHAO (N.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 770-775.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) D25 = CCTCC M 208030 = DSM 19823.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU204978.
Etymology: L. gen. n. profundi, of the depths of the sea, of the deep sea.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 126. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 451. [ZHANG (X.Y.), ZHANG (Y.J.), CHEN (X.L.), QIN (Q.L.), ZHAO (D.L.), LI (T.G.), DANG (H.Y.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Myroides profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the southern Okinawa Trough. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 2008, 287, 108-112.]
Validation List no. 126 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 emend. Yan et al. 2012.
Valid publication: YAN (S.), ZHAO (N.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 770-775.
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Myroides xuanwuensis Zhang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TH-19=CCTCC AB 2013145=JCM 19200.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HF947513.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xuanwuensis, referring to Xuanwu district, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China, where the organism was first isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: ZHANG, Z.-D., HE, L.-Y., HUANG, Z. and SHENG, X.-F. 2014. Myroides xuanwuensis sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium isolated from forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 621-624.
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