Genus Okibacterium
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Okibacterium Evtushenko et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Okibacterium fritillariae Evtushenko et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. n. Oka, the name of the river; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Okibacterium, a bacterium isolated from plants occurring near the Oka river.
Valid publication: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), KRAUSOVA (V.I.), GAVRISH (E.Y.), YASHINA (S.G.) and TAKEUCHI (M.): Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 987-993.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Okibacterium endophyticum Wang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EG1 650022=JCM 30086=KCTC 29492.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM114213.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 2777-2783.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Wang, H.-F., Zhang, Y.-G., Li, L., Liu, W.-H., Hozzein, W.N., Chen, J.-Y., Guo, J.-W., Zhang, Y.-M. and Li, W.-J. 2015. Okibacterium endophyticum sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from roots of Salsola affinis C. A. Mey. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 107, 835-843.
Effective publication Online
Okibacterium fritillariae Evtushenko et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IFO (now NBRC) 16404 = JCM 12284 = VKM Ac-2059.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB042094.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. fritillariae, of Fritillaria, generic name of plant, the source of isolation of the type strain of the species.
Valid publication: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), KRAUSOVA (V.I.), GAVRISH (E.Y.), YASHINA (S.G.) and TAKEUCHI (M.): Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 987-993.
Original article in IJSEM Online