Genus Parvularcula
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Parvularcula Cho and Giovannoni 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Parvularcula bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2003.
Etymology: L. adj. parvulus, very small; L. fem. n. arcula, a jewel-casket; N.L. fem. n. Parvularcula, a very small jewel-casket.
Valid publication: CHO (J.C.) and GIOVANNONI (S.J.): Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the α-Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1031-1036.
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Parvularcula bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HTCC2503 = ATCC BAA-594 = KCTC 12087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002156 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. bermudensis, from the Bermuda Islands, the geographical origin of the type strain of the species.
Valid publication: CHO (J.C.) and GIOVANNONI (S.J.): Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the α-Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1031-1036.
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Parvularcula dongshanensis Yu et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SH25 = CCTCC AB 2010355 = LMG 26158 = MCCC 1A06534.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ778314.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. dongshanensis, of or belonging to Dongshan, a city in Fujian, PR China, where the type strain was first isolated.
Valid publication: YU (Z.), LAI (Q.), LI (G.) and SHAO (Z.): Parvularcula dongshanensis sp. nov., isolated from soft coral. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2114-2117.
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Parvularcula flava Zhang et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NH6-79=CGMCC 1.14984=JCM 30557=MCCC 1K00277.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM199855.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, the colour of the pigment that the bacterium produces.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, X. Q., WU, Y. H., ZHOU, X., ZHANG, X., XU, X. W. and WU, M. 2016. Parvularcula flava sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from surface seawater of the South China Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3498-3502.
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Parvularcula lutaonensis Arun et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-MMS-1 = BCRC 17814 = KCTC 22245.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU346850.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lutaonensis, pertaining to Lutao, a small volcanic island off the eastern coast of Taiwan.
Valid publication: ARUN (A.B.), CHEN (W.M.), LAI (W.A.), CHOU (J.H.), REKHA (P.D.), SHEN (F.T.), SINGH (S.) and YOUNG (C.C.): Parvularcula lutaonensis sp. nov., a moderately thermotolerant marine bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 998-1001.
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