Genus Parasphingopyxis
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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").
Parasphingopyxis Uchida et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Parasphingopyxis lamellibrachiae Uchida et al. 2012.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. fem. n. Sphingopyxis, a bacterial generic name; N.L. fem. n. Parasphingopyxis, beside Sphingopyxis.
Valid publication: UCHIDA (H.), HAMANA (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), YOSHIDA (T.) and NOGI (Y.): Parasphingopyxis lamellibrachiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine annelid worm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2224-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Parasphingopyxis Uchida et al. 2012 emend. Jeong et al. 2017.
Reference: JEONG, S. E., KIM, K. H., BAEK, K. and JEON, C. O. 2017. Parasphingopyxis algicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis and emended description of the genus Parasphingopyxis Uchida et al. 2012. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3877-3881.
Original article.
Parasphingopyxis algicola Jeong et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATAX6-5=KACC 18993=JCM 31719.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY200670.
Etymology: L. fem. n. alga, a seaweed; L. suff. -cola (from L. masc. or fem. n. incola), a dweller; N.L. fem. n. algicola, an alga dweller.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: JEONG, S. E., KIM, K. H., BAEK, K. and JEON, C. O. 2017. Parasphingopyxis algicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis and emended description of the genus Parasphingopyxis Uchida et al. 2012. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3877-3881.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Parasphingopyxis lamellibrachiae Uchida et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JAMH 0132 = JCM 15549 = NCIMB 14486.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB524074.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. lamellibrachiae, of Lamellibrachia, the genus of the tubeworm from which the bacterium was isolated.
Valid publication: UCHIDA (H.), HAMANA (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), YOSHIDA (T.) and NOGI (Y.): Parasphingopyxis lamellibrachiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine annelid worm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2224-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online