Genus Neptunomonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
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).
Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Neptunomonas naphthovorans Hedlund et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. n. Neptunus, Neptune, the Roman god of the sea; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Neptunomonas, Neptune's monad.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: HEDLUND (B.P.), GEISELBRECHT (A.D.), BAIR (T.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 251-259.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999 emend. Lee et al. 2012.
Reference: LEE (H.W.), SHIN (N.R.), LEE (J.), ROH (S.W.), WHON (T.W.) and BAE (J.W.): Neptunomonas concharum sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam, and emended description of the genus Neptunomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2657-2661.
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→ Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999 emend. Lee et al. 2012 emend. Yang et al. 2014.
Reference: YANG, S.-H., SEO, H.-S., LEE, J.-H., KIM, S.-J. and KWON, K. K. 2014. Neptunomonas acidivorans sp. nov., isolated from sediment, and emended description of the genus Neptunomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3650-3654.
Original article.
Neptunomonas acidivorans Yang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MEBiC06243=KCCM 42975=JCM 18291.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ672629.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum, an acid; L. part. adj. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acidivorans, acid-devouring.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: YANG, S.-H., SEO, H.-S., LEE, J.-H., KIM, S.-J. and KWON, K. K. 2014. Neptunomonas acidivorans sp. nov., isolated from sediment, and emended description of the genus Neptunomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3650-3654.
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Neptunomonas antarctica Zhang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S3-22 = CCTCC AB 209086 = KACC 14056.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ713802.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, and by extension pertaining to Antarctic, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: ZHANG (X.Y.), ZHANG (Y.J.), YU (Y.), LI (H.J.), GAO (Z.M.), CHEN (X.L.), CHEN (B.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Neptunomonas antarctica sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1958-1961.
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Neptunomonas concharum Lee et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LHW37 = JCM 17730 = KACC 15543.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF748732.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. concharum, of bivalves, of shellfish, indicating the type of animal from which the species was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (H.W.), SHIN (N.R.), LEE (J.), ROH (S.W.), WHON (T.W.) and BAE (J.W.): Neptunomonas concharum sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam, and emended description of the genus Neptunomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2657-2661.
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Neptunomonas japonica Miyazaki et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JAMM 0745 = DSM 18939 = JCM 14595.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB288092.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. japonica, Japan, pertaining to Japan, where the isolate originated.
Valid publication: MIYAZAKI (M.), NOGI (Y.), FUJIWARA (Y.), KAWATO (M.), KUBOKAWA (K.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Neptunomonas japonica sp. nov., an Osedax japonicus symbiont-like bacterium isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 866-871.
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Neptunomonas naphthovorans Hedlund et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NAG-2N-126 = ATCC 700637= CIP 106451 = NBRC 101991.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF053734.
Etymology: N.L. suff. naphtho-, combining form of naphthalene, a white, crystalline hydrocarbon; L. part. adj. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthovorans, naphthalene-devouring.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: HEDLUND (B.P.), GEISELBRECHT (A.D.), BAIR (T.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 251-259.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Neptunomonas phycophila Frommlet et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SYM1=LMG 28329=CECT 8716.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM591221.
Etymology: Gr. n. phykos, algae; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. phycophila, algae-loving, referring to its association with Symbiodinium algae.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: FROMMLET, J. R., GUIMARÃES, B. R., SOUSA, L. G., SERÂDIO, J. O. and ALVES, A. 2015. Neptunomonas phycophila sp. nov. isolated from a culture of Symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone Aiptasia tagetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 915-919.
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Neptunomonas qingdaonensis Liu et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P10-2-4 = CGMCC 1.10971 = KCTC 23686.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF747202.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. qingdaonensis, of or pertaining to Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LIU (A.), ZHANG (X.Y.), CHEN (C.X.), XIE (B.B.), QIN (Q.L.), LIU (C.), LI (G.W.), LI (H.), XU (Z.), CHEN (X.L.), ZHOU (B.C.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Neptunomonas qingdaonensis sp. nov., isolated from intertidal sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1673-1677.
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