Genus Rapidithrix
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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").
Rapidithrix Srisukchayakul et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rapidithrix thailandica Srisukchayakul et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. rapidus, rapid; Gr. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Rapidithrix, rapidly moving hair.
Valid publication: SRISUKCHAYAKUL (P.), SUWANACHART (C.), SANGNOI (Y.), KANJANA-OPAS (A.), HOSOYA (S.), YOKOTA (A.) and ARUNPAIROJANA (V.): Rapidithrix thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine gliding bacterium isolated from samples collected from the Andaman sea, along the southern coastline of Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2275-2279.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rapidithrix thailandica Srisukchayakul et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IAM 15448 = JCM 23209 = TISTR 1750.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB265192.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. thailandica, pertaining to Thailand, from where the organisms were isolated.
Valid publication: SRISUKCHAYAKUL (P.), SUWANACHART (C.), SANGNOI (Y.), KANJANA-OPAS (A.), HOSOYA (S.), YOKOTA (A.) and ARUNPAIROJANA (V.): Rapidithrix thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine gliding bacterium isolated from samples collected from the Andaman sea, along the southern coastline of Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2275-2279.
Original article in IJSEM Online