Genus Sporolituus
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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").
Sporolituus Ogg and Patel 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sporolituus thermophilus Ogg and Patel 2009.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; L. masc. n. lituus, a curved rod, crook; N.L. masc. n. Sporolituus, a spore-forming, curved rod.
Valid publication: OGG (C.D.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2848-2853.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporolituus thermophilus Ogg and Patel 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AeG = JCM 15556 = KCTC 5668.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ169187.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving.
Valid publication: OGG (C.D.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2848-2853.
Original article in IJSEM Online