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Genus Orenia
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: 4
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).
Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Orenia marismortui (Oren et al. 1988) Rainey et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Orenia, named after Aharon Oren, an Israeli microbiologist.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880.
Effective publication: RAINEY (F.A.), ZHILINA (T.N.), BOULYGINA (E.S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), TOUROVA (T.P.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): The taxonomic study of the fermentative halophilic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe, 1995, 1, 185-199.
Validation List no. 55 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Orenia chitinitropha Sorokin and Kolganova 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) HCh-An1=DSM 26670 = UNIQEM U928.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF680167.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2927-2929.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SOROKIN, D. Y. and KOLGANOVA, T. V. 2014. Bacterial chitin utilization at halophilic conditions. Extremophiles, 18, 243-248
Effective publication Online
Orenia marismortui (Oren et al. 1988) Rainey et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) DY-1 = ATCC 35420= DSM 5156.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X89073.
Basonym: ¤ Sporohalobacter marismortui Oren et al. 1988.
Etymology: L. gen. n. maris, of the sea; L. adj. mortus, dead: N.L. gen. n. marismortui, of the Dead Sea.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880.
Effective publication: RAINEY (F.A.), ZHILINA (T.N.), BOULYGINA (E.S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), TOUROVA (T.P.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): The taxonomic study of the fermentative halophilic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe, 1995, 1, 185-199.
Validation List no. 55 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Orenia salinaria Mouné et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) SG 3902 = ATCC 700911.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y18485.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. salinaria, of or belonging to salt-works.
Valid publication: MOUNÉ (S.), EATOCK (C.), MATHERON (R.), WILLISON (J.C.), HIRSCHLER (A.), HERBERT (R.) and CAUMETTE (P.): Orenia salinaria sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium isolated from anaerobic sediments of Mediterranean salterns. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 721-729.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Orenia sivashensis Zhilina et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) Z-7191 = DSM 12596.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF152595.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sivashensis, pertaining to Lake Sivash.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 72. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 3-4.
Effective publication: ZHILINA (T.N.), TUROVA (T.P.), KUZNETSOV (B.B.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and LYSENKO (A.M.): Orenia sivashensis sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic anaerobic bacterium from Lake Sivash lagoons. Mikrobiologiya, 1999, 68, 519-527 (in Russian). English translation: Microbiology, 1999, 68, 425-459.
Validation List no. 72 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online