Genus Nereida
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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").
Nereida Pujalte et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nereida ignava Pujalte et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Nereida (= L. fem. n. Nereis), a Nereid, a sea nymph, referring to the habitat of the bacteria.
Valid publication: PUJALTE (M.J.), MACIÁN (M.C.), ARAHAL (D.R.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.) and GARAY (E.): Nereida ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic marine α-proteobacterium that is closely related to uncultured Prionitis (alga) gall symbionts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 631-636.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nereida ignava Pujalte et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2SM4 = CCUG 49433 = CECT 5292 = CIP 108404 = DSM 16309.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ748748.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. ignava, lazy.
Valid publication: PUJALTE (M.J.), MACIÁN (M.C.), ARAHAL (D.R.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.) and GARAY (E.): Nereida ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic marine α-proteobacterium that is closely related to uncultured Prionitis (alga) gall symbionts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 631-636.
Original article in IJSEM Online