Genus Oxobacter
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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).
Oxobacter Collins et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oxobacter pfennigii (Krumholz and Bryant 1985) Collins et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. oxos, vinegar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Oxobacter, acetogenic rod.
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
Oxobacter pfennigii (Krumholz and Bryant 1985) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) V5-2 = ATCC 43583= DSM 3222.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X77838 (strain DSM 3222; contains several flaws), HF546397 (strain DSM 3222 clone 3), HF546398 (strain DSM 3222 clone 6), HF546399 (strain DSM 3222 clone 32), HF546400 strain DSM 3222 clone 36).
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium pfennigii Krumholz and Bryant 1985.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. pfennigii, of Pfennig, named after Norbert Pfennig, who first documented the catabolism of methyl groups of benzenoid compounds by an anaerobic bacterium.
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