Genus Oligoflexus
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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").
Oligoflexus Nakai et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oligoflexus tunisiensis Nakai et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. adj. oligos, little, few; L. part. adj. flexus, bent, curved; N.L. masc. n. Oligoflexus, flexible utilizer of few substrates.
Valid publication: NAKAI, R., NISHIJIMA, M., TAZATO, N., HANDA, Y., KARRAY, F., SAYADI, S., ISODA, H. and NAGANUMA, T. 2014. Oligoflexus tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium of a novel proteobacterial lineage, and description of Oligoflexaceae fam. nov., Oligoflexales ord. nov. and Oligoflexia classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3353-3359.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oligoflexus tunisiensis Nakai et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Shr3T ( = JCM 16864T = NCIMB 14846.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB540021.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. tunisiensis, pertaining to Tunisia, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: NAKAI, R., NISHIJIMA, M., TAZATO, N., HANDA, Y., KARRAY, F., SAYADI, S., ISODA, H. and NAGANUMA, T. 2014. Oligoflexus tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium of a novel proteobacterial lineage, and description of Oligoflexaceae fam. nov., Oligoflexales ord. nov. and Oligoflexia classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3353-3359.
Original article in IJSEM Online