Genus Rhodoluna
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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).
Rhodoluna Hahn et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodoluna lacicola Hahn et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; L. fem. n. luna, the moon; N.L. fem. n. Rhodoluna, red-coloured moon, referring to the red pigmentation and the seemingly selenoid (crescent shape) morphology of the strain.
Valid publication: HAHN, M. W., SCHMIDT, J., TAIPALE, S. J., DOOLITTLE, W. F. and KOLL, U. 2014. Rhodoluna lacicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium with stream-lined genome. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3254-3263.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodoluna lacicola Hahn et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MWH-Ta8=DSM 23834=LMG 26932.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM182889 .
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: 2504643007.
Etymology: L. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. suffix n. -cola (from incola, the inhabitant); N.L. masc. n. lacicola, inhabitant of lakes.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: HAHN, M. W., SCHMIDT, J., TAIPALE, S. J., DOOLITTLE, W. F. and KOLL, U. 2014. Rhodoluna lacicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium with stream-lined genome. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3254-3263.
Original article in IJSEM Online