Genus Paucimonas
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Paucimonas Jendrossek 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paucimonas lemoignei (Delafield et al. 1965) Jendrossek 2001.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, little, few; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Paucimonas, a unit (bacterium) with restricted (few) metabolic capacities.
Valid publication: JENDROSSEK (D.): Transfer of [Pseudomonas] lemoignei, a Gram-negative rod with restricted catabolic capacity, to Paucimonas gen. nov. with one species, Paucimonas lemoignei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 905-908.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paucimonas lemoignei (Delafield et al. 1965) Jendrossek 2001, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 17989= CCUG 2114 = CIP 103794 = DSM 7445 = LMG 2207 = NCTC 10937.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X92555.
Basonym: ¤ Pseudomonas lemoignei Delafield et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. lemoignei, of Lemoigne; named after M.H. Lemoigne, a French bacteriologist.
Valid publication: JENDROSSEK (D.): Transfer of [Pseudomonas] lemoignei, a Gram-negative rod with restricted catabolic capacity, to Paucimonas gen. nov. with one species, Paucimonas lemoignei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 905-908.
Original article in IJSEM Online