Genus Pleomorphomonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Pleomorphomonas Xie and Yokota 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pleomorphomonas oryzae Xie and Yokota 2005.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. pleomorphus (from Gr. adj. pleos, full, and Gr. n. morphê, form, shape), pleomorphic; Gr. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Pleomorphomonas, pleomorphic monad.
Valid publication: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pleomorphomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from paddy soil of Oryza sativa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1233-1237.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pleomorphomonas diazotrophica Madhaiyan et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R5-392=KACC 16233=DSM 25022.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ346801.
Etymology: L. inseparable particle dis, twice, doubly; N.L. n. azotum, nitrogen; N.L. pref. diazo-, pertaining to dinitrogen; N.L. fem. adj. trophica, (from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê) nursing, tending; N.L. fem. adj. diazotrophica, growing on dinitrogen, isolated from root tissue of Jatropha curcas L.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: MADHAIYAN, M., JIN, T. Y., ROY, J. J., KIM, S.-J., WEON, H.-Y., KWON, S.-W. and JI, L. 2013. Pleomorphomonas diazotrophica sp. nov., an endophytic N-fixing bacterium isolated from root tissue of Jatropha curcas L. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2477-2483.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Y9 = KCTC 12246 = NBRC 100803.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB127972.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, where the type strain was isolated and researched.
Valid publication: IM (W.T.), KIM (S.H.), KIM (M.K.), TEN (L.N.) and LEE (S.T.): Pleomorphomonas koreensis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species in the order Rhizobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1663-1666.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pleomorphomonas oryzae Xie and Yokota 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) F-7 = ATCC BAA-940 = DSM 16300 = IAM 15079 = JCM 21540 = NBRC 102288.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB159680.
Etymology: L. gen. n. oryzae, of rice, from which the strains were isolated.
Valid publication: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pleomorphomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from paddy soil of Oryza sativa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1233-1237.
Original article in IJSEM Online