Genus Sodalis
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Sodalis Dale and Maudlin 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sodalis glossinidius Dale and Maudlin 1999.
Etymology: L. masc. n. sodalis, a comrade, a companion.
Valid publication: DALE (C.) and MAUDLIN (I.): Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 267-275.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sodalis glossinidius Dale and Maudlin 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M1 = DSM 16929 = NCIMB 13495.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M99060.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. glossinidius, of the genus Glossinia.
Valid publication: DALE (C.) and MAUDLIN (I.): Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 267-275.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sodalis praecaptivus Chari et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HS=DSM 27494=ATCC BAA-2554.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX444565.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: CP006569.1.
Etymology: L. prep. prae, before; L. masc. adj. captivus, taken prisoner; N.L. masc. adj. praecaptivus, not yet taken prisoner.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: CHARI, A., OAKESON, K. F., ENOMOTO, S., JACKSON, D. G., FISHER, M. A. and DALE, C. 2015. Phenotypic characterization of Sodalis praecaptivus sp. nov., a close non-insect-associated member of the Sodalis-allied lineage of insect endosymbionts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1400-1405.
Original article in IJSEM Online