Genus Rhodonellum
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Rhodonellum Schmidt et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodonellum psychrophilum Schmidt et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. rhodon, a rose; L. neut. suff. -ellum, diminutive ending; N.L. dim. neut. n. Rhodonellum, a small rose, referring to the red colour of the colonies.
Valid publication: SCHMIDT (M.), PRIEMÉ (A.) and STOUGAARD (P.): Rhodonellum psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from Greenland. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2887-2892.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodonellum psychrophilum Schmidt et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GCM71 = DSM 17998 = LMG 23454.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ112660.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. psychrophilum, cold-loving.
Valid publication: SCHMIDT (M.), PRIEMÉ (A.) and STOUGAARD (P.): Rhodonellum psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from Greenland. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2887-2892.
Original article in IJSEM Online