Genus Saonia
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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").
Saonia Fagervold et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saonia flava Fagervold et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Sao, the Nereid Sao; N.L. fem. n. Saonia, named after Sao, the Nereid of ‘safe’ passage, or the rescue of sailors, referring to the marine origin.
Valid publication: FAGERVOLD, S. K., INTERTAGLIA, L., BATAILLER, N., BONDOSO, J. and LEBARON, P. 2017. Saonia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3246-3250.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Saonia flava Fagervold et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MOLA117=CIP 110873=DSM 29762.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM990891.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. flava, yellow.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: FAGERVOLD, S. K., INTERTAGLIA, L., BATAILLER, N., BONDOSO, J. and LEBARON, P. 2017. Saonia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3246-3250.
Original article in IJSEM Online