Genus Planktomarina
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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").
Planktomarina Giebel et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Planktomarina temperata Giebel et al. 2013.
Etymology: Gr. adj. planktos, drifting, wandering; L. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine; N.L. fem. n. Planktomarina, a planktonic/drifting bacterium isolated from seawater.
Reference: GIEBEL, H.-A., KALHOEFER, D., GAHL-JANSSEN, R., CHOO, Y.-J., LEE, K., CHO, J.-C., TINDALL, B. J., RHIEL, E., BEARDSLEY, C., AYDOGMUS, Ö. O., VOGET, S., DANIEL, R., SIMON, M. and BRINKHOFF, T. 2013. Planktomarina temperata gen. nov., sp. nov., belonging to the globally distributed RCA cluster of the marine Roseobacter clade, isolated from the German Wadden Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4207-4217..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planktomarina temperata Giebel et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RCA23=DSM 22400=JCM 18269.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ369962.
Etymology: L. fem. part. adj. temperata, moderate, referring to the occurrence of the species at latitudes with moderate temperature.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: GIEBEL, H.-A., KALHOEFER, D., GAHL-JANSSEN, R., CHOO, Y.-J., LEE, K., CHO, J.-C., TINDALL, B. J., RHIEL, E., BEARDSLEY, C., AYDOGMUS, Ö. O., VOGET, S., DANIEL, R., SIMON, M. and BRINKHOFF, T. 2013. Planktomarina temperata gen. nov., sp. nov., belonging to the globally distributed RCA cluster of the marine Roseobacter clade, isolated from the German Wadden Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4207-4217.
Original article in IJSEM Online