Genus Xenophilus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Xenophilus Blümel et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Xenophilus azovorans Blümel et al. 2001.
Etymology: Gr. adj. xenos, foreign; Gr. masc. n. philos, friend; N.L. masc. n. Xenophilus, friend of foreign compounds, referring to the isolation of the type species by enrichment on azo dyes.
Valid publication: BLÜMEL (S.), BUSSE (H.J.), STOLZ (A.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Xenophilus azovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil bacterium that is able to degrade azo dyes of the Orange II type. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1831-1837.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Xenophilus aerolatus Kim et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 5516S-2 = DSM 19424 = KACC 12602.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF660342.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer, air; L. part. adj. latus, carried; N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne.
Valid publication: KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), WEON (H.Y.), ANANDHAM (R.), NOH (H.J.) and KWON (S.W.): Xenophilus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from air. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 327-330.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Xenophilus arseniciresistens Li et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YW8=CCTCC AB2012103=KACC 16853.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC010298.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. arsenicum, arsenic; L. part. adj. resistens, resisting; N.L. part. adj. arseniciresistens, arsenic-resisting, referring to the arsenic resistance of the bacterium.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: LI, Q.-F., SUN, L.-N., KWON, S.-W., CHEN, Q., HE, J., LI, S.-P. and ZHANG, J. 2014. Xenophilus arseniciresistens sp. nov., an arsenite-resistant bacterium isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1926-1931.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Xenophilus azovorans Blümel et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KF46F = DSM 13620 = NCIMB 13707.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF285414.
Etymology: N.L. pref. azo-, pertaining to azo compounds; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. azovorans, azo-devouring
Reference: BLÜMEL (S.), BUSSE (H.J.), STOLZ (A.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Xenophilus azovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil bacterium that is able to degrade azo dyes of the Orange II type. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1831-1837.
Original article in IJSEM Online