Genus Soortia
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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").
Soortia Amoozegar et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Soortia roseihalophila Amoozegar et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Soortia, named after the Badab-Soort spring where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR, M. A., KHANSHA, J., MEHRSHAD, M., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., RAMEZANI, M., DE LA HABA, R. R., SANCHEZ-PORRO, C. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 113-120.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Soortia roseihalophila Amoozegar et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Bsw-2b=IBRC-M 10915=LMG 28547.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU695464.
Etymology: L. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink; Gr. n. hals, halos salt; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. roseihalophila, pink-coloured and salt-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR, M. A., KHANSHA, J., MEHRSHAD, M., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., RAMEZANI, M., DE LA HABA, R. R., SANCHEZ-PORRO, C. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 113-120.
Original article in IJSEM Online