Genus Planktosalinus
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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").
Planktosalinus Zhong et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Planktosalinus lacus Zhong et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. adj. planktos, planktonic; N.L. adj. salinus, saline; N.L. masc. n. Planktosalinus, a bacterium from surface water of a salt lake.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., WANG, F., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C., LIU, Q. and LIU, Z. P. 2016. Planktosalinus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2084-2089.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Planktosalinus lacus Zhong et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X14M-14=CGMCC 1.12924=KCTC 42675.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ782427.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. masc. gen. n. lacus, of a lake, indicating the isolation source of this organism.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., WANG, F., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C., LIU, Q. and LIU, Z. P. 2016. Planktosalinus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2084-2089.
Original article in IJSEM Online