Genus Prolinoborus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Prolinoborus Pot et al. 1992, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992.
Etymology: N.L. n. prolinum, the amino acid proline; Gr. adj. boros, gluttonous, voracious N.L. masc. n. Prolinoborus (bacteria) that readily consume proline.
Valid publication: POT (B.), WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Aquaspirillum: Prolinoborus, a new genus for Aquaspirillum fasciculus, with the species Prolinoborus fasciculus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 44-57.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 27740= CIP 103579 = LMG 12892.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN175353.
Basonym: ¤ Aquaspirillum fasciculus Strength et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. dim. n. fasciculus, a small bundle.
Valid publication: POT (B.), WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Aquaspirillum: Prolinoborus, a new genus for Aquaspirillum fasciculus, with the species Prolinoborus fasciculus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 44-57.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 In the paper by Pot et al. 1992, the type strain LMG 12892 is cited as LMG 6233.
2 The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with the family ¤ Moraxellaceae (99.79% similarity against ¤ Acinetobacter lwoffii).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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