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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Lutibacterium"

Name: "Lutibacterium" Chung and King 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lu.ti.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Lutibacterium, the mud bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Lutibacteri-), lu-ti-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Lutibacterium anuloederans" Chung and King 2001

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Chung WK, King GM. Isolation, characterization, and polyaromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential of aerobic bacteria from marine macrofaunal burrow sediments and description of Lutibacterium anuloederans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Cycloclasticus spirillensus sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5585-5592. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Chung WK, King GM. Isolation, characterization, and polyaromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential of aerobic bacteria from marine macrofaunal burrow sediments and description of Lutibacterium anuloederans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Cycloclasticus spirillensus sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5585-5592. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 521837

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