Beggiatoa

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

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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").

Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 [Approved Lists 1980]; type genus of the family ¤ Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Beggiatoa alba (Vaucher 1803) Trevisan 1845 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Beggiatoa, a genus of bacteria; named in remembrance of F.S. Beggiato, a physician of Vicenza, (g.b. 1807), who authored the Delle Terme Euganea.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [TREVISAN (V.): Prospetto della Flora Euganea. Coi Tipi Del Seminario, Padova, 1842, pp. 1-68.]

Beggiatoa alba (Vaucher 1803) Trevisan 1845, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LSU B18LD = ATCC 33555.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF110274.
Synonyms: "Oscillatoria alba" Vaucher 1803, "Beggiatoa punctata" Trevisan 1842.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. alba, white.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 VAUCHER (J.P.): Histoire des conferves d'eau douce, contenant leurs différents modes de reproduction, et la description de leurs principales espèces. J.J. Paschoud, Geneva, 1803, pp. 1-285. 2 TREVISAN (V.): Nomenclator Algarum. Impr du seminaire, Padone, 1845, pp. 58-59.]