Genus Phocoenobacter
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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).
Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. n. phôkaina, porpoise; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. phocoenobacter, a rod from a porpoise.
Valid publication: FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), MALNICK (H.), WILLEMS (A.), HUTSON (R.A.), REID (R.J.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 135-139.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M1063U/93 = ATCC 700972= CIP 106491 = NCTC 12872.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X89379.
Etymology: L. n. uterus -i, the womb, matrix; L. gen. n. uteri, of uterus.
Valid publication: FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), MALNICK (H.), WILLEMS (A.), HUTSON (R.A.), REID (R.J.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 135-139.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: uteri is the genitive of the Latin name uterus -i, not the genitive of the Latin name uteris (sic) as cited in the paper by Foster et al. 2000.