Genus Xylanibacterium
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Xylanibacterium Rivas et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Xylanibacterium ulmi Rivas et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. xylanum, xylan, a polysaccharide; L. neut. n. bacterium, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Xylanibacterium, xylan-hydrolysing small rod.
Valid publication: RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), SÁNCHEZ (M.), MATEOS (P.F.), MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA (E.) and VELÁZQUEZ (E.): Xylanibacterium ulmi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel xylanolytic member of the family Promicromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 557-561.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Xylanibacterium ulmi Rivas et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XIL08 = CECT 5731 = JCM 14284 = LMG 21721.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY273185.
Etymology: L. gen. n. ulmi, of the elm tree, referring to the isolation source of the type strain.
Valid publication: RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), SÁNCHEZ (M.), MATEOS (P.F.), MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA (E.) and VELÁZQUEZ (E.): Xylanibacterium ulmi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel xylanolytic member of the family Promicromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 557-561.
Original article in IJSEM Online