Cosenzaea

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

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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").

Cosenzaea Giammanco et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cosenzaea myxofaciens (Cosenza and Podgwaite 1966) Giammanco et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Cosenzaea, named after Benjamin J. Cosenza, the microbiologist who first described this micro-organism as Proteus myxofaciens in 1966.
Reference: GIAMMANCO (G.M.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), GRIMONT (F.), LEFEVRE (M.), GIAMMANCO (G.) and PIGNATO (S.): Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Proteus, Morganella and Providencia by comparison of rpoB gene sequences of type and clinical strains suggests the reclassification of Proteus myxofaciens in a new genus, Cosenzaea gen. nov., as Cosenzaea myxofaciens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1638-1644.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Cosenzaea myxofaciens (Cosenza and Podgwaite 1966) Giammanco et al. 2011, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 19692 = BCRC 12222 = CCRC 12222 = CCUG 18769 = CIP 106872 = DSM 4482 = JCM 1670 = LMG 7876 = NCIMB 13273.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ885259.
Basonym: ¤ Proteus myxofaciens Cosenza and Podgwaite 1966 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. muxa, mucus slime; L. part. adj. faciens, producing; N.L. part. adj. mycofaciens, slime-producing (bacteria).
Reference: GIAMMANCO (G.M.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), GRIMONT (F.), LEFEVRE (M.), GIAMMANCO (G.) and PIGNATO (S.): Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Proteus, Morganella and Providencia by comparison of rpoB gene sequences of type and clinical strains suggests the reclassification of Proteus myxofaciens in a new genus, Cosenzaea gen. nov., as Cosenzaea myxofaciens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1638-1644.
Original article in IJSEM Online