Genus Proteocatella
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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").
Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Proteocatella sphenisci Pikuta et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. pref. proteo-, prefix referring to protein used in compound words; L. fem. n. catella, small chain; N.L. fem. n. Proteocatella, a small chain using proteins.
Valid publication: PIKUTA (E.V.), HOOVER (R.B.), MARSIC (D.), WHITMAN (W.B.), LUPA (B.), TANG (J.) and KRADER (P.): Proteocatella sphenisci gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, spore-forming anaerobe isolated from penguin guano. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2302-2307.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Proteocatella sphenisci Pikuta et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PPP2 = ATCC BAA-755 = CIP 108034 = JCM 12175.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF450134.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. sphenisci, of Spheniscus, zoological name of a genus of penguin, referring to the isolation of the type strain from guano of Spheniscus magellanicus, the Magellanic penguin.
Valid publication: PIKUTA (E.V.), HOOVER (R.B.), MARSIC (D.), WHITMAN (W.B.), LUPA (B.), TANG (J.) and KRADER (P.): Proteocatella sphenisci gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, spore-forming anaerobe isolated from penguin guano. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2302-2307.
Original article in IJSEM Online