Genus Piscinibacter
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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").
Piscinibacter Stackebrandt et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Piscinibacter aquaticus (Song and Cho 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. fem. n. piscina, a pond, cistern, tank, reservoir; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Piscinibacter, a rod from a pond.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Piscinibacter aquaticus (Song and Cho 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMCC1728 = DSM 19915 = KCCM 42364 = NBRC 102349.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ664244.
Basonym: ¤ Methylibium aquaticum Song and Cho 2007.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing or found in or by the water, aquatic.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Piscinibacter caeni Chen et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MQ-18=CCTCC AB 2017223=JCM 32138.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX390668.
Etymology: L. gen. n. caeni, of sludge.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: CHEN, D. Z., YU, N. N., CHU, Q. Y., CHEN, J., YE, J. X., CHENG, Z. W., ZHANG, S. H. and CHEN, J. M. 2018. Piscinibacter caeni sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2627-2632.
Original article in IJSEM Online