Genus Petrimonas
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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).
Petrimonas Grabowski et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Petrimonas sulfuriphila Grabowski et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. fem. n. petra, rock, stone; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Petrimonas, stone monad.
Valid publication: GRABOWSKI (A.), TINDALL (B.J.), BARDIN (V.), BLANCHET (D.) and JEANTHON (C.): Petrimonas sulfuriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative bacterium isolated from a biodegraded oil reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1113-1121.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Petrimonas mucosa Hahnke et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ING2-E5A=DSM 28695=CECT 8611.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP233808.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. mucosa, mucous, slimy, a property of the colonies.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: HAHNKE, S., LANGER, T., KOECK, D. E. and KLOCKE, M. 2016. Description of Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans sp. nov., Petrimonas mucosa sp. nov. and Fermentimonas caenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, and emended description of the genus Proteiniphilum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1466-1475; erratum 2454.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Petrimonas sulfuriphila Grabowski et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BN3 = DSM 16547 = JCM 12565.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY570690.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. sulfuriphila, sulfur-loving, indicating that sulfur stimulates growth.
Valid publication: GRABOWSKI (A.), TINDALL (B.J.), BARDIN (V.), BLANCHET (D.) and JEANTHON (C.): Petrimonas sulfuriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative bacterium isolated from a biodegraded oil reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1113-1121.
Original article in IJSEM Online