Genus Pusillimonas
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. pusillus, very small, minute; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Pusillimonas, very small monad, referring to the small size of cells and colonies of the type species.
Valid publication: STOLZ (A.), BÜRGER (S.), KUHM (A.), KÄMPFER (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1077-1081.
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→ Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005 emend. Park et al. 2011.
Reference: PARK (M.S.), PARK (Y.J.), JUNG (J.Y.), LEE (S.H.), PARK (W.), LEE (K.) and JEON (C.O.): Pusillimonas harenae sp. nov., isolated from a sandy beach, and emended description of the genus Pusillimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2901-2906.
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Pusillimonas caeni Jin et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EBR-8-1= JCM 30463 = KCTC 42353.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF056995.
Etymology: N/A.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 529-531.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: JIN, L., KO, S. R., CUI, Y., LEE, C. S., OH, H. M., AHN, C. Y. and LEE, H. G. 2017. Pusillimonas caeni sp. nov., isolated from a sludge sample of a biofilm reactor. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 110, 125-132.
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Pusillimonas ginsengisoli Srinivasan et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DCY25 = JCM 14767 = KCTC 22046.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF672088.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. n. solum -i, soil; N.L. gen. n. ginsengisoli, of soil of a ginseng field, the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: SRINIVASAN (S.), KIM (M.K.), SATHIYARAJ (G.), KIM (Y.J.) and YANG (D.C.): Pusillimonas ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1783-1787.
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Pusillimonas harenae Park et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B201 = JCM 16917 = KACC 14927.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ232740.
Etymology: L. gen. n. harenae, of sand, from where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: PARK (M.S.), PARK (Y.J.), JUNG (J.Y.), LEE (S.H.), PARK (W.), LEE (K.) and JEON (C.O.): Pusillimonas harenae sp. nov., isolated from a sandy beach, and emended description of the genus Pusillimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2901-2906.
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Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BN9 = DSM 10065 = NCIMB 14020.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY695828.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. noertemannii, of Nörtemann, in honour of Bernd Nörtemann, who isolated this and various other bacterial strains that had extraordinary degradative abilities.
Valid publication: STOLZ (A.), BÜRGER (S.), KUHM (A.), KÄMPFER (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1077-1081.
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Pusillimonas soli Lee et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MJ07 = JCM 16386 = KCTC 22455.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ241322.
Etymology: L. gen. n. soli, of soil, the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: LEE (M.), WOO (S.G.), CHAE (M.) and TEN (L.N.): Pusillimonas soli sp. nov., isolated from farm soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2326-2330.
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