Genus Tropicimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans Harwati et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. tropicus, tropical, pertaining to the tropical zone of the Earth; L. fem. n. monas, unit, unicell; N.L. fem. n. Tropicimonas, a unicell belonging to the tropical zone.
Valid publication: HARWATI (T.U.), KASAI (Y.), KODAMA (Y.), SUSILANINGSIH (D.) and WATANABE (K.): Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a branched-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 388-391.
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→ Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009 emend. Oh et al. 2012.
Reference: OH (K.H.), CHOI (W.C.), JUNG (Y.T.), KANG (S.J.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Tropicimonas aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 688-692.
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Tropicimonas aquimaris Oh et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DPG-21 = CCUG 60524 = KCTC 23424.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ340608.
Etymology: L. n. aqua -ae, water; L. n. mare -is, the sea; N.L. gen. n. aquimaris, of seawater.
Valid publication: OH (K.H.), CHOI (W.C.), JUNG (Y.T.), KANG (S.J.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Tropicimonas aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 688-692.
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Tropicimonas arenosa Oh et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CAU 1062=KCTC 52178=NBRC 111995.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU719510.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. arenosa, sandy.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: OH, M., KIM, J. H. and KIM, W. 2016. Tropicimonas arenosa sp. nov., isolated from marine sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5514-5518.
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Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans Harwati et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B51 = DSM 19548 = JCM 14837.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB302379.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. isoalkanum, branched alkane; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. isoalkanivorans, degrading branched alkanes.
Valid publication: HARWATI (T.U.), KASAI (Y.), KODAMA (Y.), SUSILANINGSIH (D.) and WATANABE (K.): Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a branched-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 388-391.
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Tropicimonas sediminicola Shin et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M97 = JCM 17731 = KACC 15544.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF748735.
Etymology: L. n. sedimen -inis, sediment; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. sediminicola, sediment dweller.
Valid publication: SHIN (N.R.), ROH (S.W.), KIM (M.S.), YUN (B.), WHON (T.W.), KIM (Y.O.) and BAE (J.W.): Tropicimonas sediminicola sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2424-2429.
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