Angiococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Angiococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Angiococcus (ex Jahn 1924) Hook et al. 1980, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Hook et al. 1980.
Synonym: "Angiococcus" Jahn 1924.
Etymology: Gr. n. angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Angiococcus, vessel coccus.
Reference: HOOK (L.A.), LARKIN (J.M.) and BROCKMAN (E.R.): Isolation, characterization, and emendation of description of Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 135-142.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Hook et al. 1980, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CMU-1 = ATCC 33172.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M94374.
Basonym: ¤ Myxococcus disciformis Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Angiococcus disciformis" (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924.
Etymology: Gr. n. diskos, anything quoit-shaped, a disk; L. adj. suffix -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. disciformis, disk-shaped.
Reference: HOOK (L.A.), LARKIN (J.M.) and BROCKMAN (E.R.): Isolation, characterization, and emendation of description of Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 135-142.
Original article in IJSEM Online