Genus Zhongshania
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Zhongshania Li et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Zhongshania antarctica Li et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Zhongshania, named after the Chinese Antarctic Zhongshan Station.
Valid publication: LI (H.J.), ZHANG (X.Y.), CHEN (C.X.), ZHANG (Y.J.), GAO (Z.M.), YU (Y.), CHEN (X.L.), CHEN (B.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Zhongshania antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Zhongshania guokunii sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria respectively isolated from coastal attached (fast) ice and surface seawater of the Antarctic. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2052-2057.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zhongshania aliphaticivorans Lo et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SM-2=KACC 18120=JCM 30138.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF982857.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. aliphaticivorans, aliphatic; L. part. adj. vorans consuming; N.L. adj. aliphaticivorans, aliphatic hydrocarbon-consuming.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LO, N., KANG, H. J. and JEON, C. O. 2014. Zhongshania aliphaticivorans sp. nov., an aliphatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and transfer of Spongiibacter borealis Jang et al. 2011 to the genus Zhongshania as Zhongshania borealis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3768-3774.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zhongshania antarctica Li et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZS5-23 = CCTCC AB 209246 = KACC 14066.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ889619.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, of the Antarctic.
Valid publication: LI (H.J.), ZHANG (X.Y.), CHEN (C.X.), ZHANG (Y.J.), GAO (Z.M.), YU (Y.), CHEN (X.L.), CHEN (B.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Zhongshania antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Zhongshania guokunii sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria respectively isolated from coastal attached (fast) ice and surface seawater of the Antarctic. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2052-2057.
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Zhongshania borealis Lo et al. 2014, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-AS9=KCCM 90094=JCM 17304.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ199599.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. borealis, related to the North, boreal.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LO, N., KANG, H. J. and JEON, C. O. 2014. Zhongshania aliphaticivorans sp. nov., an aliphatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and transfer of Spongiibacter borealis Jang et al. 2011 to the genus Zhongshania as Zhongshania borealis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3768-3774.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zhongshania guokunii Li et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZS6-22 = CCTCC AB 209247 = KACC 14532.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ889678.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. guokunii, of Guo Kun, named after Guo Kun, who made a significant contribution to the Chinese Antarctic expedition.
Valid publication: LI (H.J.), ZHANG (X.Y.), CHEN (C.X.), ZHANG (Y.J.), GAO (Z.M.), YU (Y.), CHEN (X.L.), CHEN (B.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Zhongshania antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Zhongshania guokunii sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria respectively isolated from coastal attached (fast) ice and surface seawater of the Antarctic. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2052-2057.
Original article in IJSEM Online