Genus Spongiibacterium
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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Spongiibacterium Yoon and Oh 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Spongiibacterium flavum Yoon and Oh 2012.
Etymology: L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Spongiibacterium, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a sponge.
Valid publication: YOON (B.J.) and OH (D.C.): Spongiibacterium flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria oshoro, and emended descriptions of the genera Croceitalea and Flagellimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1158-1164.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Spongiibacterium Yoon and Oh 2012 emend. Gao et al. 2015.
Reference: GAO, X., ZHANG, Z., DAI, X. and ZHANG, X.-H. 2015. Spongiibacterium pacificum sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre and emended description of the genus Spongiibacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 154-158
Original article.
Spongiibacterium flavum Yoon and Oh 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A11 = DSM 22638 = KCTC 22665.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ348473.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment.
Valid publication: YOON (B.J.) and OH (D.C.): Spongiibacterium flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria oshoro, and emended descriptions of the genera Croceitalea and Flagellimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1158-1164.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Flagellimonas flava (Yoon and Oh 2012) Choi et al. 2018, comb. nov.
Spongiibacterium pacificum Gao et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW169=JCM 18379=LMG 26997.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX501249.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: GAO, X., ZHANG, Z., DAI, X. and ZHANG, X.-H. 2015. Spongiibacterium pacificum sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre and emended description of the genus Spongiibacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 154-158
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Flagellimonas pacifica (Gao et al. 2015) Choi et al. 2018, comb. nov.