Construction of 16S rRNA gene sequence database. The validly
published names of prokaryotic species were obtained from the
Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
GmbH (DSMZ) website (http://www.dsmz.de/). 16S rRNA gene
sequences of type strains were extracted from the NCBI GenBank
database. The validity and authenticity of sequence entries were
checked by manual inspection by reviewing culture collection
catalogues and relevant publications. Sequences that are a part of
longer sequences (e.g. genome sequence) were trimmed to obtain
only the 16S rRNA gene coding region. The names and corresponding
16S rRNA gene sequences will be updated on a monthly
basis following the publication of the Validation and Notification
Lists of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary
Microbiology