Genus Terrimicrobium
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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").
Terrimicrobium Qiu et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Terrimicrobium sacchariphilum Qiu et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. fem. n. terra, earth; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Terrimicrobium, microbe from soil.
Valid publication: QIU, Y.-L., KUANG, X.-Z., SHI, X.-S., YUAN, X.-Z. and GUO, R.-B. 2014. Terrimicrobium sacchariphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium of the class ‘Spartobacteria’ in the phylum Verrucomicrobia, isolated from a rice paddy field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1718-1723.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Terrimicrobium sacchariphilum Qiu et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NM-5=JCM 17479=CGMCC 1.5168.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU129926.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. neut. n. saccharum or saccharon, a kind of sugar; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. sacchariphilum, sugar-loving.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: QIU, Y.-L., KUANG, X.-Z., SHI, X.-S., YUAN, X.-Z. and GUO, R.-B. 2014. Terrimicrobium sacchariphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium of the class ‘Spartobacteria’ in the phylum Verrucomicrobia, isolated from a rice paddy field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1718-1723.
Original article in IJSEM Online