Genus Niveibacterium
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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").
Niveibacterium Chun et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Niveibacterium umoris Chun et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. adj. niveus, snow-white, referring to the colony colour; Gr. n. bakterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Niveibacterium, white rod.
Valid publication: CHUN, J., KANG, J. Y., JUNG, Y. C. and JAHNG, K. Y. 2016. Niveibacterium umoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 997-1002.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Niveibacterium umoris Chun et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MIC2059=KACC 17062=JCM 18716.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ922418.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. gen. n. umoris, of damp, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a wetland.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: CHUN, J., KANG, J. Y., JUNG, Y. C. and JAHNG, K. Y. 2016. Niveibacterium umoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 997-1002.
Original article in IJSEM Online