Genus Zavarzinella
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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").
Zavarzinella Kulichevskaya et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Zavarzinella formosa Kulichevskaya et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Zavarzinella, named in honour of the famous Russian microbiologist George A. Zavarzin, for his outstanding contribution to increasing our knowledge of microbial diversity.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), BAULINA (O.I.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), DAMSTÉ (J.S.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Zavarzinella formosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked, Gemmata-like planctomycete from a Siberian peat bog. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 357-364.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zavarzinella formosa Kulichevskaya et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A10 = DSM 19928 = VKM B-2478.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM162406.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. formosa, beautiful, beautifully formed, finely formed.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), BAULINA (O.I.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), DAMSTÉ (J.S.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Zavarzinella formosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked, Gemmata-like planctomycete from a Siberian peat bog. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 357-364.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Zavarzinella formosa Kulichevskaya et al. 2009 emend. Scheuner et al. 2015.
Reference: SCHEUNER, C., TINDALL, B. J., LU, M., NOLAN, M., LAPIDUS, A., CHENG, J.-F., GOODWIN, L., PITLUCK, S., HUNTEMANN, M., LIOLIOS, K., PAGANI, I., MAVROMATIS, K., IVANOVA, N., PATI, A., CHEN, A., PALANIAPPAN, K., JEFFRIES, C. D., HAUSER, L., LAND, M., MWIRICHIA, R., ROHDE, M., ABT, B., DETTER, J. C., WOYKE, T., EISEN, J. A., MARKOWITZ, V., HUGENHOLTZ, P., GÖKER, M., KYRPIDES, N. C. and KLENK, H.-P. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand. Genomic Sci., 9, 10.
Original article.