Genus Sporobacterium
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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).
Sporobacterium Mechichi et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sporobacterium olearium Mechichi et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Sporobacterium, spore-forming rod.
Valid publication: MECHICHI (T.), LABAT (M.), GARCIA (J.L.), THOMAS (P.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Sporobacterium olearium gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methanethiol-producing bacterium that degrades aromatic compounds, isolated from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1741-1748.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporobacterium olearium Mechichi et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SR1 = DSM 12504.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF116854.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. olearium, of or belonging to oil, related to olive oil.
Valid publication: MECHICHI (T.), LABAT (M.), GARCIA (J.L.), THOMAS (P.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Sporobacterium olearium gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methanethiol-producing bacterium that degrades aromatic compounds, isolated from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1741-1748.
Original article in IJSEM Online