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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume 59, Issue 3

Emended descriptions of genera of the family Open Access

Abstract

The family currently contains 96 species whose names have been validly published, classified in 27 genera (as of September 2008). In recent years, many novel species have been added to the established genera but, in many cases, one or more properties of the novel species do not agree with the published descriptions of the genera. Authors have often failed to provide emended genus descriptions when necessary. Following discussions of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of , we here propose emended descriptions of the genera , , , , , , , and .

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Keyword(s): Me-PGP, methyl ester of phosphatidylglycerophosphate , PG, phosphatidylglycerol , PGS, phosphatidylglycerosulfate , S-DGD, sulfated diglycosyl diether derivative of PG , S2-DGD, bis-sulfated diglycosyl diether derivative of PG and S2-DGD-1, 1-O-[α-d-mannose-(2′,6′-SO3H)-α-d-(1′→2′)-glucose]-2,3-di-O-phytanyl- or phytanyl sesterterpenyl-sn-glycerol
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