Genus Swaminathania
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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").
Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Swaminathania salitolerans Loganathan and Nair 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Swaminathania, after Swaminathan, Indian biologist, the father of the Green Revolution in India.
Valid publication: LOGANATHAN (P.) and NAIR (S.): Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1185-1190.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Swaminathania salitolerans Loganathan and Nair 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PA51 = LMG 21291 = MTCC 3852.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF459454.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. salitolerans, salt tolerating.
Valid publication: LOGANATHAN (P.) and NAIR (S.): Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1185-1190.
Original article in IJSEM Online