Genus Persicobacter
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Persicobacter Nakagawa et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Persicobacter diffluens (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. n. persikos or persikon, peach; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Persicobacter, peach rod, because the organism is a peach-colored rod.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (Y.), HAMANA (K.), SAKANE (T.) and YAMASATO (K.): Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 220-223.
Original article in IJSB Online
→ Persicobacter Nakagawa et al. 1997 emend. Muramatsu et al. 2010.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), TAKAHASHI (M.), KANEYASU (M.), IINO (T.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Persicobacter psychrovividus sp. nov., isolated from shellfish, and emended descriptions of the genus Persicobacter and Persicobacter diffluens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1735-1739.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Persicobacter diffluens (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B-1 Lewin = ATCC 49458= DSM 3658 = IFO (now NBRC) 15940 = JCM 8513 = LMG 13036 = NCIMB 1402.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB260929.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Cytophaga diffluens" Stanier 1940.
Etymology: L. part. adj. diffluens, flowing away.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (Y.), HAMANA (K.), SAKANE (T.) and YAMASATO (K.): Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 220-223.
Original article in IJSB Online
→ ¤ Persicobacter diffluens (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997 emend. Muramatsu et al. 2010.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B-1 Lewin = ATCC 49458= DSM 3658 = IFO (now NBRC) 15940 = JCM 8513 = LMG 13036 = NCIMB 1402.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB260929.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Cytophaga diffluens" Stanier 1940.
Etymology: L. part. adj. diffluens, flowing away.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), TAKAHASHI (M.), KANEYASU (M.), IINO (T.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Persicobacter psychrovividus sp. nov., isolated from shellfish, and emended descriptions of the genus Persicobacter and Persicobacter diffluens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1735-1739.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Muramatsu et al. 2010, Persicobacter diffluens is erroneously cited as Persicobacter diffluens Nakagawa et al. 1997.
Persicobacter psychrovividus Muramatsu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Asr22–19 = CIP 109100 = NBRC 101262.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB260934.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. adj. vividus, active; N.L. masc. adj. psychrovividus, active at low temperatures.
Valid publication: MURAMATSU (Y.), TAKAHASHI (M.), KANEYASU (M.), IINO (T.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Persicobacter psychrovividus sp. nov., isolated from shellfish, and emended descriptions of the genus Persicobacter and Persicobacter diffluens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1735-1739.
Original article in IJSEM Online