Genus Quisquiliibacterium
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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").
Quisquiliibacterium Felfoldi et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Quisquiliibacterium transsilvanicum Felfoldi et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. neut. pl. n. quisquilia, waste, rubbish, referring to the isolation of the type strain from activated sludge; N.L. neut. n. bacterium,. a rod; N.L. neut. n. Quisquiliibacterium, rod from waste.
Valid publication: FELFOLDI, T., FIKO, R. D., MENTES, A., KOVACS, E., MATHE, I., SCHUMANN, P. and TOTH, E. 2017. Quisquiliibacterium transsilvanicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from a waste-treating bioreactor. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4742-4746.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Quisquiliibacterium transsilvanicum Felfoldi et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CGI-09=DSM 29781=JCM 31785.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM083133.
Etymology: M.L. neut. adj. transsilvanicum, of, or belonging to Transylvania, referring to the historical region located in the central part of Romania, from where the landfill leachate originated which was treated by the bioreactor and gave rise to the isolation of the type strain.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: FELFOLDI, T., FIKO, R. D., MENTES, A., KOVACS, E., MATHE, I., SCHUMANN, P. and TOTH, E. 2017. Quisquiliibacterium transsilvanicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from a waste-treating bioreactor. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4742-4746.
Original article in IJSEM Online