Bergeyella

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Bergeyella Vandamme et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bergeyella zoohelcum (Holmes et al. 1987) Vandamme et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Bergeyella, named in honor of David H. Bergey, who created, together with his coworkers, the genus Flavobacterium in 1923, for his contributions to the taxononly of the genus Flavobacterium and related bacteria.
Reference: VANDAMME (P.), BERNARDET (J.F.), SEGERS (P.), KERSTERS (K.) and HOLMES (B.): New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 827-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Bergeyella zoohelcum (Holmes et al. 1987) Vandamme et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain D658 = ATCC 43767 = CCUG 12568 = CCUG 30535 = CIP 103041 = IFO (now NBRC) 16014 = JCM 21249 = LMG 8351 = LMG 12996 = NCTC 11660.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M93153.
Basonym: ¤ Weeksella zoohelcum Holmes et al. 1987.
Etymology: Gr. n zoon, an animal; Gr. neut. n. helkos, a wound; N.L. gen. pl. n. zoohelcum, of animal wounds, because strains are isolated from cat and dog bites and scratches.
Reference: VANDAMME (P.), BERNARDET (J.F.), SEGERS (P.), KERSTERS (K.) and HOLMES (B.): New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 827-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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