Genus Wenxinia
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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").
Wenxinia Ying et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Wenxinia marina Ying et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Wenxinia, named after Professor Wen-Xin Chen, one of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a pioneer of soil microbiology in China.
Valid publication: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), DAI (X.), YANG (S.S.), LIU (S.J.) and LIU (Z.P.): Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1711-1716.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Wenxinia marina Ying et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HY34 = CGMCC 1.6105 = JCM 14017.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ640643.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea.
Valid publication: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), DAI (X.), YANG (S.S.), LIU (S.J.) and LIU (Z.P.): Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1711-1716.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Wenxinia saemankumensis Park et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S-22=KCTC 32548=CECT 8456.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF748921.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. saemankumensis, from Saemankum, the location on the Yellow Sea in Korea where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y.-T. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Wenxinia saemankumensis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1958-1963.
Original article in IJSEM Online