Genus Terrabacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
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).
Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. n. terra, earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Terrabacter, earth (soil) rod.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), DORSCH (M.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Pimelobacter tumescens to Terrabacter gen. nov. as Terrabacter tumescens comb. nov. and of Pimelobacter jensenii to Nocardioides as Nocardioides jensenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 1-6.
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Terrabacter aeriphilus Weon et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 5414T-18 = DSM 18563 = JCM 17687 = KACC 20693.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU573947.
Etymology: L. masc. n. aer aeris, air; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. aeriphilus, air-loving.
Valid publication: WEON (H.Y.), SON (J.A.), YOO (S.H.), KIM (B.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Terrabacter aeriphilus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1130-1134.
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Terrabacter aerolatus Weon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 5516J-36 = DSM 18562 = JCM 16379 = KACC 20556.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF212039.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer aeros, air; L. part. adj. latus, carried; N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne.
Valid publication: WEON (H.Y.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), KIM (B.Y.), SONG (J.), KWON (S.W.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Terrabacter aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2106-2109.
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Terrabacter carboxydivorans Kim et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PY2 = JCM 16259 = KCCM 42922.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ717334.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. part. adj. carboxydivorans, digesting carbon monoxide.
Valid publication: KIM (S.M.), PARK (S.W.), PARK (S.T.) and KIM (Y.M.): Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing actinomycete. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 482-486.
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Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans An et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms): strain Gsoil 3082 = DSM 21007 = JCM 17125 = KCTC 19421.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU332827.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. part. adj. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 142. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565.
Effective publication: AN (D.S.), CUI (C.H.), LEE (H.G.), WANG (L.), KIM (S.C.), LEE (S.T.), JIN (F.), YU (H.), CHIN (Y.W.), LEE (H.K.), IM (W.T.) and KIM (S.G.): Identification and characterization of a novel Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans sp. nov. β-glucosidase that transforms ginsenoside Rb1 into the rare gypenoside XVII and LXXV. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2010, 76, 5827-5836.
Validation List no. 142 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The accession number DSM 21007 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 142 (footnote ¶¶). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565.
Validation List no. 142 in IJSEM Online
Terrabacter koreensis Won et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) THG-e54=KACC 17589=JCM 19342.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF314196.
Etymology: N.L. masc adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: WON, K., KOOK, M. and YI, T.-H. 2014. Terrabacter koreensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a flowerbed. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3335-3340.
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Terrabacter lapilli Lee et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LR-26 = DSM 18583 = JBRI 2002 = JCM 15628 = KCTC 19199.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM690744.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lapilli, of a small stone.
Valid publication: LEE (J.E.), SEO (J.P.), LEE (D.W.), KO (Y.H.) and LEE (S.D.): Terrabacter lapilli sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from stone. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1084-1088.
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Terrabacter terrae Montero-Barrientos et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PPLB = CECT 3379 = JCM 14283 = LMG 22921.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY944176.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the earth.
Valid publication: MONTERO-BARRIENTOS (M.), RIVAS (R.), VELÁZQUEZ (E.), MONTE (E.) and ROIG (M.G.): Terrabacter terrae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil in Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2491-2495.
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Terrabacter terrigena Yoon et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ON10 = CCUG 57508 = KCTC 19602.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ423552.
Etymology: L. masc. or fem. n. terrigena, child of the earth, earth-born, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), PARK (S.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (Y.T.) and KIM (W.): Terrabacter terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2798-2802.
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Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 6947= CCUG 23928 = CIP 102515 = DSM 20308 = IAM 12345 = IFO (now NBRC) 12960 = JCM 1365 = LMG 3818 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 8914 = NRRL B-4012 = VKM Ac-1120.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF005023.
Basonym: ¤ Arthrobacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: ¤ Pimelobacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Suzuki and Komagata 1983, "Corynebacterium tumescens" Jensen 1934.
Etymology: L .part. adj. tumescens, swelling up.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), DORSCH (M.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Pimelobacter tumescens to Terrabacter gen. nov. as Terrabacter tumescens comb. nov. and of Pimelobacter jensenii to Nocardioides as Nocardioides jensenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 1-6.
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