Genus Soehngenia
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Soehngenia Parshina et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Soehngenia saccharolytica Parshina et al. 2003.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Soehngenia, named in honour of Nicolas L. Soehngen, the founder and first head (1911-1937) of the Laboratory of Microbiology of Wageningen University, The Netherlands, where this strain was isolated and described.
Valid publication: PARSHINA (S.N.), KLEEREBEZEM (R.), SANZ (J.L.), LETTINGA (G.), NOZHEVNIKOVA (A.N.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), LYSENKO (A.M.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): Soehngenia saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Clostridium amygdalinum sp. nov., two novel anaerobic, benzaldehyde-converting bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1791-1799.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Soehngenia saccharolytica Parshina et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BOR-Y = ATCC BAA-502 = DSM 12858.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY353956.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakkharos, sugar; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharolytica, sugar dissolving.
Valid publication: PARSHINA (S.N.), KLEEREBEZEM (R.), SANZ (J.L.), LETTINGA (G.), NOZHEVNIKOVA (A.N.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), LYSENKO (A.M.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): Soehngenia saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Clostridium amygdalinum sp. nov., two novel anaerobic, benzaldehyde-converting bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1791-1799.
Original article in IJSEM Online