Genus Pricia
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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").
Pricia Yu et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pricia antarctica Yu et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Pricia, arbitrary name derived from the acronym for the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), where the type species was first isolated and examined.
Valid publication: YU (Y.), LI (H.R.), ZENG (Y.X.), SUN (K.) and CHEN (B.): Pricia antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from Antarctic intertidal sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2218-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pricia antarctica Yu et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZS1-8 = DSM 23421 = JCM 17291.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ889677.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern and, by extension, pertaining to Antarctic, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: YU (Y.), LI (H.R.), ZENG (Y.X.), SUN (K.) and CHEN (B.): Pricia antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from Antarctic intertidal sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2218-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online