Genus Tomitella
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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").
Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tomitella biformata Katayama et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Tomitella, named in honour of Emeritus Professor Fusao Tomita, a celebrated Japanese microbiologist.
Valid publication: KATAYAMA (T.), KATO (T.), TANAKA (M.), DOUGLAS (T.A.), BROUCHKOV (A.), ABE (A.), SONE (T.), FUKUDA (M.) and ASANO (K.): Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2803-2807.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tomitella biformata Katayama et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AHU1821 = DSM 45403 = NBRC 106253.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB491283.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. biformata, two-shaped.
Valid publication: KATAYAMA (T.), KATO (T.), TANAKA (M.), DOUGLAS (T.A.), BROUCHKOV (A.), ABE (A.), SONE (T.), FUKUDA (M.) and ASANO (K.): Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2803-2807.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tomitella cavernea Cheng et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM C00895=DSM 45788=JCM 18542.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF548053.
Etymology: L. gen. n. cavernae, of a cave; referring to the habitat of the organism.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CHENG, J., WANG, H.-F., LI, L., CHEN, W., DUAN, Y.-Q., DUAN, B.-L., LU, X.-H., DING, Y.-B. and LI, W.-J. 2014. Tomitella cavernea sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2319-2323.
Original article in IJSEM Online