Genus Pelagibacterium
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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").
Pelagibacterium Xu et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelagibacterium halotolerans Xu et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. pelagus, the sea; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Pelagibacterium, a rod isolated from the sea.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
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Pelagibacterium halotolerans Xu et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B2 = CGMCC 1.7692 = JCM 15775.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU709017.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the organism’s ability to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
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Pelagibacterium lentulum Wang et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B2=MCCC 1K03218=CGMCC 1.15896=KCTC 52551.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX989461.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. lentulum, rather slow, referring to the slow growth of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WANG, G., YU, K., WANG, Y., SU, H., WU, H., LI, T., LIANG, J., HUANG, W. and XIANG, W. 2017. Pelagibacterium lentulum sp. nov., a marine bacterium from the culture broth of Picochlorum sp. 122. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3182-3185.
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Pelagibacterium luteolum Xu et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1_C16_27 = CELMS EEUT 1C1627 = CGMCC 1.10267 = JCM 16552.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF540455.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. luteolum, yellowish.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
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Pelagibacterium montanilacus Lu et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCL18=CGMCC 1.16231=KCTC 62030.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF443109.
Etymology: L. adj. montanus, of a mountain; L. masc. n. lacus, lake; N.L. gen. n. montanilacus, of a mountain lake.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: LU, H., XING, P., PHURBU, D., TANG, Q. and WU, Q. 2018. Pelagibacterium montanilacus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from Lake Cuochuolong on the Tibetan Plateau. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2220-2225.
Original article in IJSEM Online