J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Brevinema
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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").
Brevinema Defosse et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Brevinema andersonii Defosse et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. adj. brevis, short; Gr. neut. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Brevinema, a short thread.
Reference: DEFOSSE (D.L.), JOHNSON (R.C.), PASTER (B.J.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and FRASER (G.J.): Brevinema andersonii gen. nov., sp. nov., an infectious spirochete isolated from the short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 78-84.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Brevinema andersonii Defosse et al. 1995, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CT11616 = ATCC 43811.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M59179.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. andersonii, of Anderson, named after John F. Anderson, who first described the organism.
Reference: DEFOSSE (D.L.), JOHNSON (R.C.), PASTER (B.J.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and FRASER (G.J.): Brevinema andersonii gen. nov., sp. nov., an infectious spirochete isolated from the short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 78-84.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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