- Deefgea
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Deefgea Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Betaproteobacteria Order: Neisseriales Family: Neisseriaceae Genus: Deefgea Type species Deefgea rivuli Deefgea is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]
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Etymology
The name Deefgea derives from:
- New Latin feminine gender noun Deefgea, arbitrary name derived from the acronym DFG for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation).[2]
Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- D. chitinilytica ( Chen et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun chitinum, chitin; New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loosen, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective chitinilytica, chitin-dissolving.)[3]
- D. rivuli ( Stackebrandt et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin genitive case masculine gender noun rivuli, of/from a rivulet, a small brook.)[4]
See Also
- Bacterial taxonomy
- Microbiology
References
- ^ Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590.]
- ^ a b Deefgea entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590.]
- ^ Chen, W. -M.; Chung, Y. -N.; Chiu, T. -F.; Cheng, C. -Y.; Arun, A. B.; Sheu, S. -Y. (2009). "Deefgea chitinilytica sp. Nov., isolated from a wetland". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60 (6): 1450–1453. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0.
- ^ Stackebrandt, E.; Lang, E.; Cousin, S.; Pauker, O.; Brambilla, E.; Kroppenstedt, R.; Lunsdorf, H. (2007). "Deefgea rivuli gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 (3): 639–645. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64771-0.
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