Gemmatimonas (lat.) Is a recently described genus of bacteria , the only one in the Gemmatimonadetes type [1] , including two species [2] .
| Gemmatimonas |
Gemmatimonas aurantiaca |
| Scientific classification |
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| Type of: | Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003 |
| Class: | Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003 |
| Order: | Gemmatimonadales Zhang et al. 2003 |
| Family: | Gemmatimonadaceae Zhang et al. 2003 |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Gemmatimonas Zhang et al. 2003 emend. Zeng et al. 2015 |
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The first representative of the type was isolated in 2003 from wastewater and described under the name Gemmatimonas aurantiaca as a gram - negative rod - shaped bacterium capable of reproduction by budding [3] .
Type gemmatimonadetes
- Class gemmatimonadetes
- Order gemmatimonadales
- Gemmatimonadaceae Family
- Genus Gemmatimonas
- Gemmatimonas aurantiaca Zhang et al. 2003 emend. Zeng et al. 2015
- Gemmatimonas phototrophica Zeng et al. 2015
In the database of the National Center for Biotechnological Information for January 2016, the Gemmatimonadaceae family includes one genus with two species, as well as one candidate " Gemmatirosa kalamazoonesis " DeBruyn et al. 2013 and several unclassified strains [4] .
