Genus Rivibacter
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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").
Rivibacter Stackebrandt et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rivibacter subsaxonicus (Stackebrandt et al. 2008) Stackebrandt et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. masc. n. rivus, creek or small river, N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod, N.L. masc. n. Rivibacter, rod from a small river.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rivibacter subsaxonicus (Stackebrandt et al. 2008) Stackebrandt et al. 2009, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BF49 = CIP 109700 = DSM 19570.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM774413.
Basonym: ¤ Methylibium subsaxonicum Stackebrandt et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. prep. sub, low, below, under; N.L. adj. saxonicus-a-um, pertaining to Saxony; N.L. masc. adj. subsaxonicus, pertaining to Lower Saxony, a state of Germany.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online