Genus Thalassobaculum
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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").
Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassobaculum litoreum Zhang et al. 2008.
Etymology: Gr. n. thalassa, the sea; L. neut. n. baculum, stick; N.L. neut. n. Thalassobaculum, rod-shaped bacterium from the sea.
Valid publication: ZHANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 479-485.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008 emend. Urios et al. 2010.
Reference: URIOS (L.), MICHOTEY (V.), INTERTAGLIA (L.), LESONGEUR (F.) and LEBARON (P.): Thalassobaculum salexigens sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae from the NW Mediterranean Sea, and emended description of the genus Thalassobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 209-213.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassobaculum fulvum Su et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HSF7=KCTC 42651=MCCC 1K01158.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP976094.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. fulvum, yellowish-brown.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SU, Y., WANG, R., SUN, C., HAN, S., HU, J., WU, D., MA, Z., CHEN, J. and WU, M. 2016. Thalassobaculum fulvum sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2186-2191.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassobaculum litoreum Zhang et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-GR58 = DSM 18839 = KCCM 42674.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF203900.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. litoreum, of the shore.
Valid publication: ZHANG (G.I.), HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 479-485.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassobaculum salexigens Urios et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CZ41_10a = CIP 109064 = DSM 19539 = MOLA 84.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU008565.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt, seawater; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. salexigens, seawater-demanding.
Valid publication: URIOS (L.), MICHOTEY (V.), INTERTAGLIA (L.), LESONGEUR (F.) and LEBARON (P.): Thalassobaculum salexigens sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae from the NW Mediterranean Sea, and emended description of the genus Thalassobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 209-213.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to the CIP web site, the strain CIP 109064 (cited as the type strain of Thalassobaculum salexigens by Urios et al. 2010) is the type strain of ¤ Bartonella coopersplainsensis Gundi et al. 2009.