Genus Samsonia
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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").
Samsonia Sutra et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Samsonia erythrinae Sutra et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Samsonia, named after the French phytobacteriologist Re!gine Samson, INRA, Angers, France, who works on pectolytic Erwinia.
Valid publication: SUTRA (L.), CHRISTEN (R.), BOLLET (C.), SIMONEAU (P.) and GARDAN (L.): Samsonia erythrinae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from bark necrotic lesions of Erythrina sp., and discrimination of plant-pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae by phenotypic features. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1291-1304.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Samsonia erythrinae Sutra et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CFBP 5236 = ICMP 13937.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF273037.
Etymology: L. gen. n. erythrinae, of Erythrina, referring to plants of the genus Erythrina, family Fabaceae, from which the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: SUTRA (L.), CHRISTEN (R.), BOLLET (C.), SIMONEAU (P.) and GARDAN (L.): Samsonia erythrinae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from bark necrotic lesions of Erythrina sp., and discrimination of plant-pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae by phenotypic features. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1291-1304.
Original article in IJSEM Online