Genus Ruania
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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).
Ruania Gu et al. 2007, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Ruaniaceae Tang et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Ruania albidiflava Gu et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ruania, named after Ji-Sheng Ruan, a Chinese microbiologist who has made great contributions to the development of actinomycete taxonomy in China.
Valid publication: GU (Q.), PAŚCIAK (M.), LUO (H.), GAMIAN (A.), LIU (Z.) and HUANG (Y.): Ruania albidiflava gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 809-814.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ruania albidiflava Gu et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3-6 = CGMCC 4.3142 = DSM 18029 = JCM 13910 = PCM 2644.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ343153.
Etymology: L. adj. albidus, white; L. fem. adj. flava, yellow; N.L. fem. adj. albidiflava, whitish yellow.
Valid publication: GU (Q.), PAŚCIAK (M.), LUO (H.), GAMIAN (A.), LIU (Z.) and HUANG (Y.): Ruania albidiflava gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 809-814.
Original article in IJSEM Online