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Korobacter versatilis gen. nov. sp. nov.

Submitted by Rasmussen, Ejnar

Genus Korobacter

Etymology
[Ko.ro.bac'ter] Gr. fem. n. Korê, a name for the Earth goddess Persephone; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Korobacter, a rod from earth
Nomenclatural type
Species Korobacter versatilisTs
Classification
Bacteria » Acidobacteriota » Terriglobia » Terriglobales » Acidobacteriaceae » Korobacter
References
Effective publication: Ward et al., 2009 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren, 2017 [2] (from “Koribacter”)
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:36569

Species Korobacter versatilisTs

Etymology
[ver.sa.ti'lis] L. masc. adj. versatilis, versatile
Nomenclatural type
Genome sc|0006252 Ts
Description
Cells of the sequenced acidobacteria are small rods (approximately 0.5 by 1.0 μm). The isolates are coated in abundant exopolysaccharide (EPS) slime.
Classification
Bacteria » Acidobacteriota » Terriglobia » Terriglobales » Acidobacteriaceae » Korobacter » Korobacter versatilisTs
References
Effective publication: Ward et al., 2009 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren, 2017 [2] (from “Koribacter versatilis”)
Assigned taxonomically: Ward et al., 2009 [1]
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:56333

References

  1. Ward et al. (2009). Three Genomes from the Phylum Acidobacteria Provide Insight into the Lifestyles of These Microorganisms in Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/aem.02294-08
  2. Oren (2017). A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001715

Register List Certificate of Validation

On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:zgbvcbg6 submitted by Rasmussen, Ejnar and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2026-08-24 01:02 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:zgbvcbg6