Genus Woodsholea
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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").
Woodsholea Abraham et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Woodsholea maritima Abraham et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Woodsholea, named in honour of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA.
Valid publication: ABRAHAM (W.R.), STRÖMPL (C.), VANCANNEYT (M.), BENNASAR (A.), SWINGS (J.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SMIT (J.) and MOORE (E.R.B.): Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium with a low diversity of polar lipids. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1227-1234.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Woodsholea maritima Abraham et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CM243 = LMG 21817 = VKM B-1512.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ578476.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. maritima, marine.
Valid publication: ABRAHAM (W.R.), STRÖMPL (C.), VANCANNEYT (M.), BENNASAR (A.), SWINGS (J.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SMIT (J.) and MOORE (E.R.B.): Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium with a low diversity of polar lipids. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1227-1234.
Original article in IJSEM Online