Genus Pisciglobus
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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").
Pisciglobus Tanasupawat et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pisciglobus halotolerans Tanasupawat et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. piscis, fish; L. masc. n. globus, ball, sphere, globe; N.L. masc. n. Pisciglobus, a sphere (coccus) from fish.
Valid publication: TANASUPAWAT (S.), THONGSANIT (J.), THAWAI (C.), LEE (K.C.) and LEE (J.S.): Pisciglobus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from fish sauce. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1688-1692.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pisciglobus halotolerans Tanasupawat et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) C01 = KCTC 13150 = PCU 316 = TISTR 1958.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU459067.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating.
Valid publication: TANASUPAWAT (S.), THONGSANIT (J.), THAWAI (C.), LEE (K.C.) and LEE (J.S.): Pisciglobus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from fish sauce. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1688-1692.
Original article in IJSEM Online