Genus Oblitimonas
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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").
Oblitimonas Drobish et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oblitimonas alkaliphila Drobish et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. part. adj. oblitus, forgotten; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Oblitimonas, a forgotten monad.
Valid publication: DROBISH, A. M., EMERY, B. D., WHITNEY, A. M., LAUER, A. C., METCALFE, M. G. and MCQUISTON, J. R. 2016. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3063-3070.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oblitimonas alkaliphila Drobish et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B4199=DSM 100830=CCUG 67636.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP986583.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: CP012358.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali, soda ash; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos, -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkalphila, alkaline-loving.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: DROBISH, A. M., EMERY, B. D., WHITNEY, A. M., LAUER, A. C., METCALFE, M. G. and MCQUISTON, J. R. 2016. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3063-3070.
Original article in IJSEM Online