Genus Ventosimonas
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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").
Ventosimonas Lin et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ventosimonas gracilis Lin et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. adj. ventosus, capricious; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Ventosimonas, a capricious single cell.
Valid publication: LIN, J. Y., HOBSON, W. J. and WERTZ, J. T. 2016. Ventosimonas gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Cephalotes varians ant guts representing a new family, Ventosimonadaceae fam. nov., within the order ‘Pseudomonadales’ Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2869-2875.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ventosimonas gracilis Lin et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CV58=NCIMB 15011=DSM 100910.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT258896.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LSZO00000000.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. gracilis, slender, elongated; gracilis meant to denote slender, elongated cells.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: LIN, J. Y., HOBSON, W. J. and WERTZ, J. T. 2016. Ventosimonas gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Cephalotes varians ant guts representing a new family, Ventosimonadaceae fam. nov., within the order ‘Pseudomonadales’ Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2869-2875.
Original article in IJSEM Online