Genus Planctomicrobium
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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").
Planctomicrobium Kulichevskaya et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Planctomicrobium piriforme Kulichevskaya et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. adj. planktos, wandering, floating; N.L. neut. n. microbium (from Gr. adj. mikros, small, and Gr. n. bios, life), a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Planctomicrobium, floating microbe.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA, I. S., IVANOVA, A. A., DETKOVA, E. N., RIJPSTRA, W. I., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S. and DEDYSH, S. N. 2015. Planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1659-1665.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planctomicrobium piriforme Kulichevskaya et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P3=DSM 26348=VKM B-2887.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP161655.
Etymology: L. n. pirum, a pear; L. adj. suffix -formis -is -e (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance) -like, in the shape of; N.L. neut. adj. piriforme, pear-shaped.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA, I. S., IVANOVA, A. A., DETKOVA, E. N., RIJPSTRA, W. I., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S. and DEDYSH, S. N. 2015. Planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1659-1665.
Original article in IJSEM Online