Name: Enhydrobacter Staley et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: En.hy.dro.bac’ter. Gr. masc./fem. adj. enydros, living in or by water, aquatic; N.L. masc. adj. enhydrus, living in water, aquatic [probably better: enydrus]; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Enhydrobacter, aquatic rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Enhydrobacter-), en-hy-dro-BAK-ter

Type species: Enhydrobacter aerosaccus Staley et al. 1987

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Staley JT, Irgens RL, Brenner DJ. Enhydrobacter aerosaccus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gas-vacuolated, facultatively anaerobic, heterotrophic rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:289-291. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Song J, Choo YJ, Cho JC. Perlucidibaca piscinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a freshwater bacterium belonging to the family Moraxellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:97-102. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 515583
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