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Genus Renibacterium

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980.
Etymology: L. pl. n. renes, the kidneys; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Renibacterium, kidney bacterium.
Valid publication: SANDERS (J.E.) and FRYER (J.L.): Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 496-502.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Lea-1-74 = ATCC 33209= CIP 103036 = DSM 20767 = IFO (now NBRC) 15589 = JCM 11484 = LMG 10846.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP000910 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. pl. n. salmoninae, subfamily of the Salmonidae; N.L. gen. pl. n. salmoninarum, of the Salmoninae.
Valid publication: SANDERS (J.E.) and FRYER (J.L.): Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 496-502.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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