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Genus Phorcysia

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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").

 

Phorcysia Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Phorcysia, named after Phorcys, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, who was changed after death into a sea-god, referring to the habitat of the type species.
Valid publication: PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ (I.), GROSCHE (A.), MASSENBURG (L.), STAROVOYTOV (V.), LUTZ (R.A.) and VETRIANI (C.): Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2388-2394.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HB-8 = DSM 24425 = JCM 17384.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ336972.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thermê, heat; N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; N.L. fem. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermohydrogeniphila, heat- and hydrogen-liking, referring to its ability to grow lithotrophically on H2 at elevated temperature.
Valid publication: PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ (I.), GROSCHE (A.), MASSENBURG (L.), STAROVOYTOV (V.), LUTZ (R.A.) and VETRIANI (C.): Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2388-2394.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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