Genus Postechiella
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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").
Postechiella Lee et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Postechiella marina Lee et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. dim. fem. n. Postechiella, arbitrarily developed from the acronym POSTECH formed from the initial letters of the Pohang University of Science and Technology, where the initial taxonomic studies on this genus were conducted.
Valid publication: LEE (D.H.), CHO (S.J.), KIM (S.M.) and LEE (S.B.): Postechiella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1528-1535.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Postechiella marina Lee et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M091 = JCM 17630 = KCTC 23537.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ336487.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: LEE (D.H.), CHO (S.J.), KIM (S.M.) and LEE (S.B.): Postechiella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1528-1535.
Original article in IJSEM Online