Genus Pyrinomonas
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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").
Pyrinomonas Crowe et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes Crowe et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pyrinos, born of fire, igneous, fiery; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Pyrinomonas, fire unit (bacterium), referring to its volcanic habitat.
Reference: CROWE, M. A., POWER, J. F., MORGAN, X. C., DUNFIELD, P. F., LAGUTIN, K., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., RIJPSTRA, I. C., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S., HOUGHTON, K. M., RYAN, J. L. J. and STOTT, M. B. 2014. Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel group 4 thermophilic member of the phylum Acidobacteria from geothermal soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 220-227..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes Crowe et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K22=DSM 25857=ICMP 18710.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM749787.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum (from French méthyle back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood) the methyl group; Gr. n. aliphar, -atos, oil, fat; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce) producing; N.L. n. methylaliphatogenes, producing (iso) methyl-branching fats and glyceryl ether lipids.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: CROWE, M. A., POWER, J. F., MORGAN, X. C., DUNFIELD, P. F., LAGUTIN, K., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., RIJPSTRA, I. C., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S., HOUGHTON, K. M., RYAN, J. L. J. and STOTT, M. B. 2014. Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel group 4 thermophilic member of the phylum Acidobacteria from geothermal soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 220-227.
Original article in IJSEM Online