Genus Planifilum
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Planifilum Hatayama et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Planifilum fimeticola Hatayama et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. planus, flat; L. neut. n. filum, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Planifilum, a flat thread.
Valid publication: HATAYAMA (K.), SHOUN (H.), UEDA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (A.): Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2101-2104.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planifilum composti Han et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P8=KACC 16581=NBRC 108858.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN793954.
Etymology: N.L. n. compostum -i, compost; N.L. gen. n. composti, of compost.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: HAN, S.-I., LEE, J.-C., LEE, H.-J. and WHANG, K.-S. 2013. Planifilum composti sp. nov., a thermophile isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4557-4561.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planifilum fimeticola Hatayama et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H0165 = ATCC BAA-969 = JCM 12507.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB088364.
Etymology: L. n. fimetum, a dung-hill and, by extension, compost; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. fimeticola, inhabitant of compost, referring to the habitat of the type strain.
Valid publication: HATAYAMA (K.), SHOUN (H.), UEDA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (A.): Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2101-2104.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planifilum fulgidum Hatayama et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 500275 = ATCC BAA-970 = JCM 12508.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB088362.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. fulgidum, shining, lustrous, referring to the colony character.
Valid publication: HATAYAMA (K.), SHOUN (H.), UEDA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (A.): Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2101-2104.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planifilum yunnanense Zhang et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LA5 = CCTCC AA206002 = KCTC 13052.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ119659.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. yunnanense, referring to Yunnan, the southern Province, P. R. China, where the sample was collected.
Valid publication: ZHANG (Y.X.), DONG (C.) and BIAO (S.): Planifilum yunnanense sp. nov., a thermophilic thermoactinomycete isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1851-1854.
Original article in IJSEM Online