Genus Ohtaekwangia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Ohtaekwangia Yoon et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ohtaekwangia koreensis Yoon et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ohtaekwangia, named after Dr Oh Tae-Kwang, a Korean microbiologist who has contributed significantly to microbiology and bacterial systematics.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), LEE (S.Y.), LEE (J.S.) and PARK (S.): Ohtaekwangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ohtaekwangia kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sand, deep-branching members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1066-1072.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ohtaekwangia koreensis Yoon et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3B-2 = CCUG 58939 = KCTC 23018.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU117702.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, of or pertaining to Korea, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), LEE (S.Y.), LEE (J.S.) and PARK (S.): Ohtaekwangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ohtaekwangia kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sand, deep-branching members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1066-1072.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ohtaekwangia kribbensis Yoon et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 10AO = CCUG 58938 = KCTC 23019.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU117703.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. kribbensis, of or pertaining to KRIBB, an arbitrary adjective formed from the acronym of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, KRIBB, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), LEE (S.Y.), LEE (J.S.) and PARK (S.): Ohtaekwangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ohtaekwangia kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sand, deep-branching members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1066-1072.
Original article in IJSEM Online