Genus Xylanimonas
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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).
Xylanimonas Rivas et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Xylanimonas cellulosilytica Rivas et al. 2003.
Etymology: N.L. n. xylanum, xylan, a polysaccharide; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Xylanimonas, a monad from xylan.
Valid publication: RIVAS (R.), SÁNCHEZ (M.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), ZURDO-PIÑEIRO (J.L.), MATEOS (P.F.), MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA (E.) and VELÁZQUEZ (E.): Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 99-103.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The gender of the genus name Xylanimonas is not given in the paper by Rivas et al. 2003. According to Rule 65(2), Xylanimonas must be in the feminine gender.
Xylanimonas cellulosilytica Rivas et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XIL07 = CECT 5975 = DSM 15894 = JCM 12276 = LMG 20990.
Sequence accession no. (complete genome) for the type strain: CP001821.
Etymology: N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. cellulosilytica, cellulose-dissolving.
Valid publication: RIVAS (R.), SANCHEZ (M.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), ZURDO-PINEIRO (J.L.), MATEOS (P.F.), MARTINEZ-MOLINA (E.) and VELAZQUEZ (E.): Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 99-103.
Original article in IJSEM Online