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Genus Sedimentibacter
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Sedimentibacter Breitenstein et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus (Zhang et al. 1994) Breitenstein et al. 2002.
Etymology: L. n. sedimentum, a settling, sediment; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Sedimentibacter, rod from sediment, referring to its origin.
Valid publication: BREITENSTEIN (A.), WIEGEL (J.), HAERTIG (C.), WEISS (N.), ANDREESEN (J.R.) and LECHNER (U.): Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 801-807.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sedimentibacter acidaminivorans Imachi et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) MO-SEDI=JCM 17293=DSM 24004.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB598275.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum aminum, amino acid; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acidaminivorans, amino acid-devouring.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: IMACHI, H., SAKAI, S., KUBOTA, T., MIYAZAKI, M., SAITO, Y. and TAKAI, K. 2016. Sedimentibacter acidaminivorans sp. nov., an anaerobic, amino-acid-utilizing bacterium isolated from marine subsurface sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1293-1300.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sedimentibacter hongkongensis Woo et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) HKU2=DSM 16083=NBRC 110944.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: NR_114645.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, of Hong Kong..
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 1603-1606.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Leung, K. W., Lau, S. K. P., Wong, M. K. M. and Yuen, K. Y. 2004. Bacteremia in a patient with colonic carcinoma caused by a novel Sedimentibacter species: Sedimentibacter hongkongensis sp. nov. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 50, 81-87.
Effective publication Online
Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus (Zhang et al. 1994) Breitenstein et al. 2002, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) JW/Z-1 = ATCC 51151= DSM 7310.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L11305.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum Zhang et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum hydroxybenzoicum, hydroxybenzoic acid; N.L. masc. adj, hydroxybenzoicus, pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid, referring to the characteristic feature of this organism, the reversible decarboxylation of 4-hydroxybenzoate and 3,4-dibydroxybenzoate.
Valid publication: BREITENSTEIN (A.), WIEGEL (J.), HAERTIG (C.), WEISS (N.), ANDREESEN (J.R.) and LECHNER (U.): Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 801-807.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sedimentibacter saalensis Breitenstein et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) ZF2 = ATCC BAA-283 = DSM 13558.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ404680.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. saalensis, pertaining to the German River Saale, from which the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: BREITENSTEIN (A.), WIEGEL (J.), HAERTIG (C.), WEISS (N.), ANDREESEN (J.R.) and LECHNER (U.): Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 801-807.
Original article in IJSEM Online