Genus Paucibacter
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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").
Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, few, little; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Paucibacter, a rod that is content with a few carbon sources.
Valid publication: RAPALA (J.), BERG (K.A.), LYRA (C.), NIEMI (R.M.), MANZ (W.), SUOMALAINEN (S.), PAULIN (L.) and LAHTI (K.): Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1563-1568.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005 emend. Pheng et al. 2017.
Reference: PHENG, S., LEE, J. J., EOM, M. K., LEE, K. H. and KIM, S. G. 2017. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2231-2235.
Original article.
Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CHU3=KCTC 42519=CICC 24092.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT333459.
Etymology: Gr. adj. oligos, little; Gr. masc. n. trophos, a feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. masc. adj. oligotrophus, utilizer of few substrates, oligotrophic.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: PHENG, S., LEE, J. J., EOM, M. K., LEE, K. H. and KIM, S. G. 2017. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2231-2235.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2C20 = DSM 16998 = HAMBI 2767 = VYH 193597.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY515390.
Etymology: N.L. n. toxinum, toxin; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toxinivorans, eating toxins, pertaining to its ability to degrade cyanobacterial hepatotoxins.
Valid publication: RAPALA (J.), BERG (K.A.), LYRA (C.), NIEMI (R.M.), MANZ (W.), SUOMALAINEN (S.), PAULIN (L.) and LAHTI (K.): Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1563-1568.
Original article in IJSEM Online