Genus Planctobacterium
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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").
Planctobacterium Sheu et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Planctobacterium marinum Sheu et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. adj. planktos, drifting, wandering; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Planctobacterium, a planktonic/drifting bacterium isolated from seawater.
Valid publication: SHEU, D. S., SHEU, S. Y., LIN, K. R., CHEN, Y. L. and CHEN, W. M. 2017. Planctobacterium marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 974-980.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planctobacterium marinum Sheu et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K7=BCRC 80901=LMG 28835=KCTC 42657.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN830270.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SHEU, D. S., SHEU, S. Y., LIN, K. R., CHEN, Y. L. and CHEN, W. M. 2017. Planctobacterium marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 974-980.
Original article in IJSEM Online