Bulleidia

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

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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").

Bulleidia Downes et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bulleidia extructa Downes et al. 2000.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bulleidia, named to honor Arthur Bulleid, a distinguished British oral microbiologist.
Reference: DOWNES (J.), OLSVIK (B.), HIOM (S.J.), SPRATT (D.A.), CHEESEMAN (S.L.), OLSEN (I.), WEIGHTMAN (A.J.) and WADE (W.G.): Bulleidia extructa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 979-983.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Bulleidia extructa Downes et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain W 1219 = ATCC BAA-170 = DSM 13220.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF220064.
Etymology: L. (sic) fem. adj. extructa, slow, referring to the slow growth of the organism.
Reference: DOWNES (J.), OLSVIK (B.), HIOM (S.J.), SPRATT (D.A.), CHEESEMAN (S.L.), OLSEN (I.), WEIGHTMAN (A.J.) and WADE (W.G.): Bulleidia extructa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 979-983.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The etymology of the specific epithet is given as L. adj. extructus, slow, referring to the slow growth of the organism. However, the Latin adjective extructus a um (or exstructus a um) means furnished, put together, constructed, raised etc.