Genus Spongiibacter
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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").
Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Spongiibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a sponge.
Valid publication: GRAEBER (I.), KAESLER (I.), BORCHERT (M.S.), DIECKMANN (R.), PAPE (T.), LURZ (R.), NIELSEN (P.), VON DÖHREN (H.), MICHAELIS (W.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Spongiibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Haliclona sp. 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 585-590.
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→ Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008 emend. Jang et al. 2011.
Reference: JANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.), CHOI (H.G.), KANG (S.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2895-2900.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Jang et al. 2011, Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Melitea Urios et al. 2008.
Reference: JANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.), CHOI (H.G.), KANG (S.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2895-2900.
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Spongiibacter borealis Jang et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-AS9 = JCM 17304 = KCCM 90094.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ199599.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. borealis, related to the north, boreal.
Valid publication: JANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.), CHOI (H.G.), KANG (S.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2895-2900.
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Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HAL40b = CCUG 54896 = DSM 17750.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM117932.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: GRAEBER (I.), KAESLER (I.), BORCHERT (M.S.), DIECKMANN (R.), PAPE (T.), LURZ (R.), NIELSEN (P.), VON DÖHREN (H.), MICHAELIS (W.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Spongiibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Haliclona sp. 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 585-590.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 emend. Jang et al. 2011.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HAL40b = CCUG 54896 = DSM 17750.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM117932.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Reference: JANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.), CHOI (H.G.), KANG (S.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2895-2900.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Jang et al. 2011, Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 is an earlier heterotypic synonym ¤ Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008.
Reference: JANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.), CHOI (H.G.), KANG (S.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2895-2900.
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Spongiibacter taiwanensis Jean et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SPT1=JCM 31012=BCRC 80916.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT966463.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: JEAN, W. D., YEH, Y. T., HUANG, S. P., CHEN, J. S. and SHIEH, W. Y. 2016. Spongiibacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from aged seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4094-4098.
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Spongiibacter tropicus Hwang and Cho 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-CB221 = DSM 19543 = KCCM 90065.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF988653.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to its isolation from a tropical ocean.
Valid publication: HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Spongiibacter tropicus sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2176-2179.
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