Genus Rectinema
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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").
Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rectinema cohabitans Koelschbach et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. adj. rectus, straight; Gr. neut n. nema, thread; Rectinema straight thread, indicative of a rod-shaped morphology.
Valid publication: KOELSCHBACH, J. S., MOUTTAKI, H., PICKL, C., HEIPIEPER, H. J., RACHEL, R., LAWSON, P. A. and MECKENSTOCK, R. U. 2017. Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1288-1295.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rectinema cohabitans Koelschbach et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HM=DSM 100378=JCM 30982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP297860.
Etymology: L. part. adj. cohabitans, living or dwelling with another.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: KOELSCHBACH, J. S., MOUTTAKI, H., PICKL, C., HEIPIEPER, H. J., RACHEL, R., LAWSON, P. A. and MECKENSTOCK, R. U. 2017. Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1288-1295.
Original article in IJSEM Online