Genus Saccharibacter
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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").
Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saccharibacter floricola Jojima et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. neut. n. saccharum or saccharon, a kind of sugar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Saccharibacter, a sugar rod, a rod that grows well in a sugar-rich environment.
Valid publication: JOJIMA (Y.), MIHARA (Y.), SUZUKI (S.), YOKOZEKI (K.), YAMANAKA (S.) and FUDOU (R.): Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2263-2267.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Saccharibacter floricola Jojima et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S-877 = AJ 13480 = DSM 15669 = JCM 12116.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB110421.
Etymology: L. n. flos -oris, a flower; L. suff. -cola (derived from L. masc. or fem. n. incola), a dweller; N.L. n. floricola, flower-dweller.
Valid publication: JOJIMA (Y.), MIHARA (Y.), SUZUKI (S.), YOKOZEKI (K.), YAMANAKA (S.) and FUDOU (R.): Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2263-2267.
Original article in IJSEM Online