Genus Tuwongella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Tuwongella Seeger et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tuwongella immobilis Seeger et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Tuwongella, referring to Tu-wong, a region of the Brisbane River, Australia.
Valid publication: SEEGER, C., BUTLER, M. K., YEE, B., MAHAJAN, M., FUERST, J. A. and ANDERSSON, S. G. E. 2017. Tuwongella immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-motile bacterium within the phylum Planctomycetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4923-4929.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tuwongella immobilis Seeger et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MBLW1=CCUG 69661=DSM 105045.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ811525.
Etymology: L. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Tuwongella, referring to Tu-wong, a region of the Brisbane River, Australia.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: SEEGER, C., BUTLER, M. K., YEE, B., MAHAJAN, M., FUERST, J. A. and ANDERSSON, S. G. E. 2017. Tuwongella immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-motile bacterium within the phylum Planctomycetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4923-4929.
Original article in IJSEM Online