Name: Prosthecobacter debontii Hedlund et al. 1998
Etymology: de.bont’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. debontii, named in honor of J.A.M. de Bont, a Dutch microbiologist who isolated and described the first member of the genus, P. fusiformis FC4
Type strain: ATCC 700200; DSM 14044; FC3
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16S rRNA gene: AJ966882 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980
Assigned by: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
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Record number: 779851