Genus Rarobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000).
Type species: ¤ Rarobacter faecitabidus Yamamoto et al. 1988.
Etymology: L. adj. rarus, rare,extraordinary, remarkable, curious; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. rarobacter, curious rod.
Valid publication: YAMAMOTO (N.), SATO (S.I.), SAITO (K.), HASUO (T.), TADENUMA (M.), SUZUKI (K.I.), TAMAOKA (J.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 7-11.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rarobacter faecitabidus Yamamoto et al. 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YLM-1 = ATCC 49628= CIP 103380 = DSM 4813 = IFO (now NBRC) 14760 = JCM 6097.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y17870.
Etymology: L .n. faex faecis, dreg; L. adj. tabidus, dissolving; N.L. masc.adj. faecitabidus, dreg dissolving.
Valid publication: YAMAMOTO (N.), SATO (S.I.), SAITO (K.), HASUO (T.), TADENUMA (M.), SUZUKI (K.I.), TAMAOKA (J.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 7-11.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rarobacter incanus Yamamoto et al. 1994, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YLM 32 = ATCC 51544= CIP 104132 = DSM 10596 = IFO (now NBRC) 16558 = JCM 6350 = NBRC 101357.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB056129.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. incanus, grayish white.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 49. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 370-371.
Effective publication: YAMAMOTO (N.), SATO (S.), MIKI (H.), PARK (Y.K.) and TADENUMA (M.): Taxonomic studies on yeast-lysing bacteria, and a new species Rarobacter incanus. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 39, 261-272.
Validation List no. 49 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online