Genus Pelosinus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelosinus fermentans Shelobolina et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. pelos, mud or clay; L. masc. n. sinus, bend; N.L. masc. n. Pelosinus, a curved organism from clay.
Valid publication: SHELOBOLINA (E.S.), NEVIN (K.P.), BLAKENEY-HAYWARD (J.D.), JOHNSEN (C.V.), PLAIA (T.W.), KRADER (P.), WOODARD (T.), HOLMES (D.E.), VANPRAAGH (C.G.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 126-135.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007 emend. Moe et al. 2012.
Reference: MOE (W.M.), STEBBING (R.E.), RAO (J.U.), BOWMAN (K.S.), NOBRE (M.F.), DA COSTA (M.S.) and RAINEY (F.A.): Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1369-1376.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Moe et al. 2012 Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Sporotalea Boga et al. 2007.
Reference: MOE (W.M.), STEBBING (R.E.), RAO (J.U.), BOWMAN (K.S.), NOBRE (M.F.), DA COSTA (M.S.) and RAINEY (F.A.): Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1369-1376.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pelosinus defluvii Moe et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SHI-1 = LMG 25549 = NRRL Y-59407.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF750003.
Etymology: L. gen. n. defluvii, of waste, because the first isolation source was groundwater from a site contaminated with hazardous waste.
Valid publication: MOE (W.M.), STEBBING (R.E.), RAO (J.U.), BOWMAN (K.S.), NOBRE (M.F.), DA COSTA (M.S.) and RAINEY (F.A.): Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1369-1376.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pelosinus fermentans Shelobolina et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R7 = ATCC BAA-1133 = DSM 17108.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ145536.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting.
Valid publication: SHELOBOLINA (E.S.), NEVIN (K.P.), BLAKENEY-HAYWARD (J.D.), JOHNSEN (C.V.), PLAIA (T.W.), KRADER (P.), WOODARD (T.), HOLMES (D.E.), VANPRAAGH (C.G.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 126-135.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pelosinus propionicus (Boga et al. 2007) Moe et al. 2012, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TmPN3 = ATCC BAA-626 = DSM 13327.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM258975.
Basonym: ¤ Sporotalea propionica Boga et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; N.L. masc. adj. propionicus, pertaining to propionic acid, which the organism produces from various substrates.
Valid publication: MOE (W.M.), STEBBING (R.E.), RAO (J.U.), BOWMAN (K.S.), NOBRE (M.F.), DA COSTA (M.S.) and RAINEY (F.A.): Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1369-1376.
Original article in IJSEM Online