Genus Terrisporobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Terrisporobacter Gerritsen et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Terrisporobacter glycolicus Gerritsen et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. n. terra, soil; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Terrisporobacter, a spore-forming rod found in soil.
Valid publication: GERRITSEN, J., FUENTES, S., GRIEVINK, W., VAN NIFTRIK, L., TINDALL, B. J., TIMMERMAN, H. M., RIJKERS, G. T. and SMIDT, H. 2014. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1600-1616.
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Terrisporobacter glycolicus Gerritsen et al. 2014, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 14880BCRC 14553=DSM 1288=JCM 1401=NCIMB 10632=NCTC 13026.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X76750.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium glycolicum Gaston and Stadtman 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. adj. suff. -icus, related to, belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. glycolicus, referring to the ability to ferment ethylene glycol.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: GERRITSEN, J., FUENTES, S., GRIEVINK, W., VAN NIFTRIK, L., TINDALL, B. J., TIMMERMAN, H. M., RIJKERS, G. T. and SMIDT, H. 2014. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1600-1616.
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Terrisporobacter mayombei Gerritsen et al. 2014, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SFC-5=ATCC 51428=DSM 6539.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR733682.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium mayombei Kane et al. 1992
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. mayombei, of the Mayombe tropical rainforest, People’s Republic of the Congo.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: GERRITSEN, J., FUENTES, S., GRIEVINK, W., VAN NIFTRIK, L., TINDALL, B. J., TIMMERMAN, H. M., RIJKERS, G. T. and SMIDT, H. 2014. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1600-1616.
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Terrisporobacter petrolearius Deng et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LAM0A37=ACCC 00740=JCM 19845.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ000015.
Etymology: L. fem. n. petra, rock; L. masc. adj. olearius, related to oil; N.L. masc. adj. petrolearius, related to mineral oil.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: DENG, Y., GUO, X., WANG, Y., HE, M., MA, K., WANG, H., CHEN, X., KONG, D., YANG, Z. and RUAN, Z. 2015. Terrisporobacter petrolearius sp. nov., isolated from an oilfield petroleum reservoir Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3522-3526.
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