Genus Pontibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 32
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pontibacter actiniarum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacter, a marine bacterium.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), SUZUKI (M.), SHEVCHENKO (L.S.), LEE (M.S.), LEE (K.H.), PARK (M.S.), FROLOVA (G.M.), OH (H.W.), BAE (K.S.), PARK (H.Y.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and proposal of Reichenbachiella gen. nov. as a replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2583-2588.
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→ Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 emend. Wang et al. 2010.
Reference: WANG (Y.), ZHANG (K.), CAI (F.), ZHANG (L.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum "Bacteroidetes", and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 99-103.
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Note: According to Wang et al. 2010, Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Effluviibacter Suresh et al. 2006.
Reference: WANG (Y.), ZHANG (K.), CAI (F.), ZHANG (L.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum "Bacteroidetes", and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 99-103.
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Pontibacter actiniarum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KCTC 12367 = KMM 6156 = LMG 23027.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY989908.
Etymology: N.L. gen. pl. n. actiniarum, of sea anemones or related animals.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), SUZUKI (M.), SHEVCHENKO (L.S.), LEE (M.S.), LEE (K.H.), PARK (M.S.), FROLOVA (G.M.), OH (H.W.), BAE (K.S.), PARK (H.Y.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and proposal of Reichenbachiella gen. nov. as a replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2583-2588.
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Pontibacter akesuensis Zhou et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AKS 1 = CCTCC AB 206086 = KCTC 12758.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ672723.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. akesuensis, pertaining to Akesu, a city of XinJiang Province in the north-west of China from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHOU (Y.), WANG (X.), LIU (H.), ZHANG (K.Y.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LAI (R.) and LI (W.J.): Pontibacter akesuensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 321-325.
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→ Pontibacter akesuensis Zhou et al. 2007 emend. Zhang et al. 2013.
Reference: ZHANG, L., ZHU, L., WEI, L., LI, C., WANG, Y. and SHEN, X. 2013. Pontibacter toksunensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of Pontibacter roseus and Pontibacter akesuensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4462-4468.
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Pontibacter amylolyticus Wu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 9-2=CGMCC 1.12749=JCM 19653=MCCC 1K00278.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF660586.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos), able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch dissolving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WU, Y. H., ZHOU, P., JIAN, S. L., LIU, Z. S., WANG, C. S., OREN, A. and XU, X. W. 2016. Pontibacter amylolyticus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment hydrothermal vent field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1760-1767.
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Pontibacter aurantiacus Singh et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NP1=KCTC 42943=CCM 8697=MCC 2931.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT361203.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: SINGH, P., KUMARI, R., NAYYAR, N. and LAL, R. 2017. Pontibacter aurantiacus sp. nov. isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1400-1407.
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Pontibacter aydingkolensis Osman et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XAAS-1=CCTCC AB 2016134=JCM 31442.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX530203.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aydingkolensis, pertaining to Aydingkol, a salt lake in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: OSMAN, G., ZHANG, T., LOU, K., GAO, Y., CHANG, W., LIN, Q., YANG, H. M., HUO, X. D. and WANG, N. 2016. Pontibacter aydingkolensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5523-5528.
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Pontibacter brevis Osman et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XAAS-2=CCTCC AB 2016135=JCM 31443.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF410355.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. brevis, short.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: OSMAN, G., GAO, Y., WANG, N., MAHMUD, O., SUN, J., ZHANG, T., ZHAN, F., ZHANG, Z. and LOU, K. 2018. Pontibacter brevis sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Tamarix ramosissima. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 81-86.
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Pontibacter chinhatensis Singh et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LP51=CCM 8436=MCC 2070.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF723288.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. chinhatensis, of or belonging to Chinhat, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: SINGH, A. K., GARG, N. and LAL, R. 2015. Pontibacter chinhatensis sp. nov., isolated from pond sediment containing discarded hexachlorocyclohexane isomer waste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2248-2254.
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Pontibacter deserti Subhash et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC215=KCTC 32443=LMG 27670.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG008901.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. gen. n. deserti, of a desert.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: SUBHASH, Y., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA, CH., V. 2014. Pontibacter ruber sp. nov. and Pontibacter deserti sp. nov., isolated from the desert. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1006-1011.
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Pontibacter diazotrophicus Xu et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H4XT (=CCTCC AB 2013049=NRRL B-59974.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF146887.
Etymology: Gr. pref. di, two, double; N.L. n. azotum, nitrogen; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, ending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2927-2929.
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Effective publication: XU, L., ZENG, X. C., NIE, Y., LUO, X., ZHOU, E., ZHOU, L., PAN, Y. and LI, W. 2014. Pontibacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the family Cytophagaceae. PLoS One, 9, e92294
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Pontibacter humi Srinivasan et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SWU8=KEMC 9004-131=JCM 19178.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF975403.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 162. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 741-744.
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Effective publication: SRINIVASAN, S., LEE, J. J., LEE, S. S. and KIM, M. K. 2014. Pontibacter humi sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil. Curr. Microbiol., 69, 263-269.
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Pontibacter indicus Singh et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LP100=CCM 8435=MCC 2027.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC469980.
Etymology: L. masc.adj. indicus, Indian, referring to the isolation of the type strain from India.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: SINGH, A. K., GARG, N., LATA, P., KUMAR, R., NEGI, V., VIKRAM, S. and LAL, R. 2014. Pontibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 254-259.
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Pontibacter korlensis Zhang et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X14-1 = CCTCC AB 206081 = NRRL B-51097.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ888330.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. korlensis, pertaining to Korla, a city of Xinjiang Province in the north-west of China from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHANG (L.), ZHANG (Q.), LUO (X.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.), LI (Y.), WANG (Y.), CHEN (G.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter korlensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1210-1214.
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Pontibacter litorisediminis Park et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YKTF-7=KCTC 52252=NBRC 112298.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX198137.
Etymology: L. n. litus, – oris the seashore, coast; L. n. sedimen –inis, sediment; N. L. gen. n. litorisediminis, of a coastal sediment, tidal flat sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., PARK, J. M., LEE, K. H. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Pontibacter litorisediminis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4172-4178.
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Pontibacter locisalis Zhou et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Sy30=CCTCC AB 2015060=KCTC 42498.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR080555.
Etymology: L. n. locus, place, locality; L. gen. n. salis, of salt; N.L. gen. n. locisalis, from a place of salt.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 4299–4305.
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Effective publication: Zhou, Y. X., Xie, Z. H., Zhao, J. X., Du, Z. J. and Chen, G. J. 2016. Erratum to: Pontibacter locisalis Sy30T sp. nov. isolated from soil collected from an abandoned saltern. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 109, 1281-1282; erratum to 415–420.
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Pontibacter lucknowensis Dwivedi et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DM9 = CCM 7955 = MTCC 11079.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN561788.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. lucknowensis, of or belonging to Lucknow.
Valid publication: DWIVEDI (V.), NIHARIKA (N.) and LAL (R.): Pontibacter lucknowensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 309-313.
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Pontibacter mucosus Nayyar et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PB3=DSM 100162=KCTC 42942.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP861851.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mucosus, slimy, mucous.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: NAYYAR, N., KOHLI, P., MAHATO, N. K. and LAL, R. 2016. Pontibacter mucosus sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2234-2240.
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Pontibacter niistensis Dastager et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NII-0905 = CCTCC AA 209057 = NCIM 5339.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ897494.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. niistensis, pertaining to NIIST, the acronym for the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, where taxonomic studies on the type strain were first performed.
Valid publication: DASTAGER (S.G.), RAZIUDDIN (Q.S.), DEEPA (C.K.), LI (W.J.) and PANDEY (A.): Pontibacter niistensis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2867-2870.
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Note: The type strain of Pontibacter niistensis is NII-0905 as given in the abstract, not NII-0909, as given in the description of the species.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 700.
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Pontibacter odishensis Subhash et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC130=KCTC 23982=LMG 26962.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE681883.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. odishensis, of or belonging to Odisha, a coastal state in India rich in bacterial diversity.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: SUBHASH, Y., TUSHAR, L., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA CH., V. 2013. Erythrobacter odishensis sp. nov. and Pontibacter odishensis sp. nov. isolated from dry soil of a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4524-4532.
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Pontibacter populi Xu et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HYL7-15 = CCTCC AB 206239 = NRRL B-59488.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ223078.
Etymology: L. gen. n. populi, of a poplar, of Populus, the Latin name for the poplars that grow in the forest from which the strain was isolated.
Valid publication: XU (M.), WANG (Y.), DAI (J.), JIANG (F.), RAHMAN (E.), PENG (F.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter populi sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica) forest. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 665-670.
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Pontibacter ramchanderi Singh et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LP43=CCM 8406=MCC 2019.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ806111.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. ramchanderi of or belonging to Ramchander, named after Ramchander for his vision in science.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Reference: SINGH, A. K., GARG, N., SANGWAN, N., NEGI, V., KUMAR, R., VIKRAM, S. and LAL, R. 2013. Pontibacter ramchanderi sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2829-2834.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SRC-1 = DSM 17521 = MTCC 7260.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM049256.
Basonym: ¤ Effluviibacter roseus Suresh et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink.
Valid publication: WANG (Y.), ZHANG (K.), CAI (F.), ZHANG (L.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum "Bacteroidetes", and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 99-103.
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→ Pontibacter roseus (Suresh et al. 2006) Wang et al. 2010 emend. Zhang et al. 2013.
Reference: ZHANG, L., ZHU, L., WEI, L., LI, C., WANG, Y. and SHEN, X. 2013. Pontibacter toksunensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of Pontibacter roseus and Pontibacter akesuensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4462-4468.
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Pontibacter ruber Subhash et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC213=KCTC 32442=LMG 27669.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG008900.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. ruber red.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: SUBHASH, Y., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA, CH., V. 2014. Pontibacter ruber sp. nov. and Pontibacter deserti sp. nov., isolated from the desert. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1006-1011.
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Pontibacter rugosus Kim et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KYW1030=KACC 18739=JCM 31319.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR674127.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. masc. adj. rugosus, wrinkled, in reference to the wrinkled-rough colony morphology.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: KIM, D. I., LEE, J. H., KANG, J. W., KA, J. O. and SEONG, C. N. 2016. Pontibacter rugosus sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4389-4394.
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Pontibacter saemangeumensis Kang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GCM0142 = JCM 17926 = KACC 16448.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN607163.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. saemangeumensis, of or pertaining to Saemangeum Tide Embankment in JEOLlabuk-do of South Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KANG (J.Y.), JOUNG (Y.), CHUN (J.), KIM (H.), JOH (K.) and JAHNG (K.Y.): Pontibacter saemangeumensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 565-569.
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Pontibacter silvestris Osman et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XAAS-R86=CCTCC AB 2017165=KCTC 62047.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MG547902.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. silvestris, pertaining to the forest soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: OSMAN, G., WANG, Z., WANG, N., SHAYIMU, G., HOU, M., GUO, W. and YANG, X. 2018. Pontibacter silvestris sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus euphratica forest and emended description of the genus Pontibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3243-3247.
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Pontibacter soli Dai et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HYL7-26=CCTCC AB 206240=NRRL B-59490.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ223079.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1455-1458.
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Effective publication: DAI, J., XU, M., PENG, F., JIANG, F., CHEN, X., WANG, Z. and FANG, C. 2014. Pontibacter soli sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus rhizosphere in Xinjiang, China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 65-72.
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Pontibacter terrae Kim et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 17SD1-15=KCTC 52915=NBRC 113057.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY924851.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the soil, the source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KIM, D.-U., KIM, J.-Y., JANG, J. H. and KIM, M. K. 2018. Pontibacter terrae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3184-3189.
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Pontibacter toksunensis Zhang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZLD-7=CCTCC AB 208003=KCTC 23984.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC894746.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. toksunensis, pertaining to Toksun, a county of Xinjiang Province in the north-west of China, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: ZHANG, L., ZHU, L., WEI, L., LI, C., WANG, Y. and SHEN, X. 2013. Pontibacter toksunensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of Pontibacter roseus and Pontibacter akesuensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4462-4468.
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Pontibacter ummariensis Mahato et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NKM1=DSM 100161=KCTC 42944=MCC 2777.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP265297.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. ummariensis, referring to Ummari, Lucknow, India, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MAHATO, N. K., TRIPATHI, C., NAYYAR, N., SINGH, A. K. and LAL, R. 2016. Pontibacter ummariensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1080-1087.
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Pontibacter virosus Kohli et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) W14=MCC 2932=DSM 100231=KCTC 42941.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT719408.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. adj. virosus, smelly, slimy, referring to the strain’s properties.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: KOHLI, P., NAYYAR, N., SHARMA, A., SINGH, A. K. and LAL, R. 2016. Pontibacter virosus sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated dumpsite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4395-4400.
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Pontibacter xinjiangensis Wang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 311-10 = CCTCC AB 207200 = NRRL B-51335.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ004994.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in north-west China.
Valid publication: WANG (Y.), ZHANG (K.), CAI (F.), ZHANG (L.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.) and FANG (C.): Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum "Bacteroidetes", and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 99-103.
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Pontibacter yuliensis Cao et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H9X=CCTCC AB 2013047=KCTC 32396.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF146891.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. yuliensis, pertaining to Yuli, a county of Xinjiang, China, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CAO, H., NIE, Y., ZENG, X.-C., XU, L., HE, Z., LUO, X. and WU, R. 2014. Pontibacter yuliensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 968-972.
Original article in IJSEM Online