Genus Profundibacterium
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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").
Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Profundibacterium mesophilum Lai et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. profundum, the depths of the sea; L. neut. n. bacterium, staff, rod and, in biology, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Profundibacterium, a bacterium from the depths of the sea.
Valid publication: LAI (P.Y.), MIAO (L.), LEE (O.O.), LIU (L.L.), ZHOU (X.J.), XU (Y.), AL-SUWAILEM (A.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1007-1012.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Profundibacterium mesophilum Lai et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KAUST100406-0324 = JCM 17872 = NRRL B-59665.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF776971.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, medium; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic.
Valid publication: LAI (P.Y.), MIAO (L.), LEE (O.O.), LIU (L.L.), ZHOU (X.J.), XU (Y.), AL-SUWAILEM (A.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1007-1012.
Original article in IJSEM Online