Genus Robertkochia
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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").
Robertkochia Hameed et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Robertkochia marina Hameed et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Robertkochia, after Robert Koch (1843-1910), a German pioneer in microbiology.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., LIU, Y.-C., HSU, Y.-H., CHENG, I.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Robertkochia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Joostella and Galbibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 533-539..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Robertkochia marina Hameed et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMO-30D=JCM 18552=BCRC 80469.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX235674.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., LIU, Y.-C., HSU, Y.-H., CHENG, I.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Robertkochia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Joostella and Galbibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 533-539.
Original article in IJSEM Online