Genus Oxalophagus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Oxalophagus Collins et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oxalophagus oxalicus (Dehning and Schink 1990) Collins et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. oxalis, wood sorrel (from which the name of oxalic acid is derived); Gr. masc. n. phagos, glutton; N.L. masc. n. Oxalophagus, oxalate eater.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oxalophagus oxalicus (Dehning and Schink 1990) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Alt Ox1 = ATCC 49686= DSM 5503.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y14581.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium oxalicum Dehning and Schink 1990.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum oxalicum, oxalic acid; N.L. masc. adj. oxalicus, referring to the metabolism of oxalic acid.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online