Genus Thalassolituus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. masc. n. lituus, the crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook, a crook; N.L. masc. n. Thalassolituus, a marine, curve-shaped bacterium.
Valid publication: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), DENARO (R.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUENSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 141-148.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassolituus marinus Choi and Cho 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMCC1826 = KCTC 23084 = NBRC 107590.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ426888.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, the origin of the sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: CHOI (A.) and CHO (J.C.): Thalassolituus marinus sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-utilizing marine bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2234-2238.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MIL-1 = DSM 14913 = LMG 21420.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ431699.
Etymology: L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. oleivorans, oil-devouring.
Valid publication: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), DENARO (R.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUENSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 141-148.
Original article in IJSEM Online