Genus Woeseia
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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").
Woeseia Du et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Woeseia oceani Du et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Woeseia, named after Carl R. Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysicist, in honour of his great contributions to taxonomy and microbiology.
Valid publication: DU, Z. J., WANG, Z. J., ZHAO, J. X. and CHEN, G. J. 2016. Woeseia oceani gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemoheterotrophic member of the order Chromatiales, and proposal of Woeseiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 107-112.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Woeseia oceani Du et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XK5=ATCC BAA-2615=CICC 10905.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM034745.
Etymology: L. gen. n. oceani, of the ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: DU, Z. J., WANG, Z. J., ZHAO, J. X. and CHEN, G. J. 2016. Woeseia oceani gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemoheterotrophic member of the order Chromatiales, and proposal of Woeseiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 107-112.
Original article in IJSEM Online