Cetobacterium

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Cetobacterium

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Cetobacterium Foster et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cetobacterium ceti Foster et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. n. kêtos, any sea-monster, whale; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cetobacterium, a bacterium found in association with whales.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363. [FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), NAYLOR (R.D.), COLLINS (M.D.), PASCUAL RAMOS (C.), FERNANDEZ GARAYZABAL (F.) and REID (R.J.): Cetobacterium ceti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-negative obligate anaerobe from sea mammals. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 21, 202-206.]
Validation List N° 56 in IJSEM Online

---> Cetobacterium Foster et al. 1996 emend. Finegold et al. 2003.
Type species: ¤ Cetobacterium ceti Foster et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. n. kêtos, any sea-monster, whale; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cetobacterium, a bacterium found in association with whales.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 93 (footnote §). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1219-1220. [FINEGOLD (S.M.), VAISANEN (M.L.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), TOMZYNSKI (T.J.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.), COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Cetobacterium somerae sp. nov. from human feces and emended description of the genus Cetobacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 26, 177-181.]
Validation List N° 93 in IJSEM Online - Original article Online

More information (in French)

Cetobacterium ceti Foster et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M-3333 = ATCC 700028 = NCIMB 703026 (formerly NCFB 3026).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X78419.
Etymology: L. gen. n. ceti, of a whale.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363. [FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), NAYLOR (R.D.), COLLINS (M.D.), PASCUAL RAMOS (C.), FERNANDEZ GARAYZABAL (F.) and REID (R.J.): Cetobacterium ceti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-negative obligate anaerobe from sea mammals. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 21, 202-206.]
Validation List N° 56 in IJSEM Online

More information (in French)

Cetobacterium somerae Finegold et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WAL 14325 = ATCC BAA-474 = CCUG 46254.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ438155.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. somerae, of Somer, to honour Hannele Jousimies-Somer, a Finnish microbiologist, in recognition of her important contributions to anaerobic bacteriology and to clinical microbiology.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 93. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1219-1220. [FINEGOLD (S.M.), VAISANEN (M.L.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), TOMZYNSKI (T.J.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.), COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Cetobacterium somerae sp. nov. from human feces and emended description of the genus Cetobacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 26, 177-181.]
Validation List N° 93 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online