Genus Paraferrimonas
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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").
Paraferrimonas Khan and Harayama 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paraferrimonas sedimenticola Khan and Harayama 2007.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. fem. n. Ferrimonas, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Paraferrimonas, beside Ferrimonas.
Valid publication: KHAN (S.T.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Paraferrimonas sedimenticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Ferrimonadaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1493-1498.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Paraferrimonas Khan and Harayama 2007 emend. Huang et al. 2017.
Reference: HUANG, J., HUANG, Z. and SHAO, Z. 2017. Paraferrimonas haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai and emendation of description of the genus Paraferrimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 5062-5066.
Original article.
Paraferrimonas haliotis Huang et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AFRC7-2-1=MCCC 1A11748=KCTC 52632=NBRC 112785.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY400201.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: NRRB00000000.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, of the abalone Haliotis, collected from Jinjiang, Fujian Province, China.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: HUANG, J., HUANG, Z. and SHAO, Z. 2017. Paraferrimonas haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai and emendation of description of the genus Paraferrimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 5062-5066.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paraferrimonas sedimenticola Khan and Harayama 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Mok-106 = CIP 109284 = NBRC 101628.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB252732.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sedimentum, a settling, sediment; L. suffix -cola, dweller; N.L. masc. n. sedimenticola, sediment dweller, referring to the isolation of the strains from sediment at Okinawa Island.
Valid publication: KHAN (S.T.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Paraferrimonas sedimenticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Ferrimonadaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1493-1498.
Original article in IJSEM Online