Genus Thermomonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
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).
Thermomonas Busse et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermomonas haemolytica Busse et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Thermomonas, a thermophilic monad.
Valid publication: BUSSE (H.J.), KÄMPFER (P.), MOORE (E.R.B.), NUUTINEN (J.), TSITKO (I.V.), DENNER (E.B.M.), VAUTERIN (L.), VALENS (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): Thermomonas haemolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a γ-proteobacterium from kaolin slurry. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 473-483.
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→ Thermomonas Busse et al. 2002 emend. Mergaert et al. 2003.
Reference: MERGAERT (J.), CNOCKAERT (M.C.) and SWINGS (J.): Thermomonas fusca sp. nov. and Thermomonas brevis sp. nov., two mesophilic species isolated from a denitrification reactor with poly(ε-caprolactone) plastic granules as fixed bed, and emended description of the genus Thermomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1961-1966.
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Thermomonas brevis Mergaert et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 15422 = LMG 21746.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ519989.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. brevis, short.
Valid publication: MERGAERT (J.), CNOCKAERT (M.C.) and SWINGS (J.): Thermomonas fusca sp. nov. and Thermomonas brevis sp. nov., two mesophilic species isolated from a denitrification reactor with poly(ε-caprolactone) plastic granules as fixed bed, and emended description of the genus Thermomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1961-1966.
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Thermomonas carbonis Wang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GZ436=CCTCC AB 2013364=KCTC 42013.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF923805.
Etymology: L. gen. n. carbonis, of coal, referring to the isolation site of the type strain.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: WANG, L., ZHENG, S., WANG, D., WANG, L. and WANG, G. 2014. Thermomonas carbonis sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a coal mine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3631-3635.
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Thermomonas fusca Mergaert et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 15424 = LMG 21737.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ519986.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. fusca, dark, tawny.
Valid publication: MERGAERT (J.), CNOCKAERT (M.C.) and SWINGS (J.): Thermomonas fusca sp. nov. and Thermomonas brevis sp. nov., two mesophilic species isolated from a denitrification reactor with poly(ε-caprolactone) plastic granules as fixed bed, and emended description of the genus Thermomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1961-1966.
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Thermomonas haemolytica Busse et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A50-7-3 = DSM 13605 = LMG 19653.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ300185.
Etymology: Gr. n. haima (Latin transliteration haema), blood; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. haemolytica, blood dissolving.
Valid publication: BUSSE (H.J.), KÄMPFER (P.), MOORE (E.R.B.), NUUTINEN (J.), TSITKO (I.V.), DENNER (E.B.M.), VAUTERIN (L.), VALENS (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): Thermomonas haemolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a γ-proteobacterium from kaolin slurry. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 473-483.
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Thermomonas hydrothermalis Alves et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SGM-6 = ATCC BAA-470 = DSM 14834.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF542054.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, to indicate that the organism originated from a hot spring, although not a very hot one.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 92. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 935-937.
Effective publication: ALVES (M.P.), RAINEY (F.A.), NOBRE (M.F.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Thermomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic γ-proteobacterium isolated from a hot spring in Central Portugal. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 26, 70-75.
Validation List no. 92 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermomonas koreensis Kim et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ko06 = KCTC 12540 = NBRC 101155.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ154906.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KIM (M.K.), IM (W.T.), IN (J.G.), KIM (S.H.) and YANG (D.C.): Thermomonas koreensis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1615-1619.
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