Genus Paramaledivibacter
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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").
Paramaledivibacter Li et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paramaledivibacter caminithermalis Li et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. masc. n. Maledivibacter, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Paramaledivibacter, referring to the close relationship to the genus Maledivibacter.
Valid publication: LI, G., ZENG, X., LIU, X., ZHANG, X. and SHAO, Z. 2016. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4355-4361.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paramaledivibacter caminithermalis Li et al. 2016, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DVird3=DSM 15212=MCCC 1A01553.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF458779.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium caminithermale Brisbarre et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. n. caminus, chimney; N.L. adj. thermalis, pertaining to hot springs; N.L. masc. adj. caminithermalis, of a thermal chimney, describing the site of sampling.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: LI, G., ZENG, X., LIU, X., ZHANG, X. and SHAO, Z. 2016. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4355-4361.
Original article in IJSEM Online