Crenothrix

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

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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").

Crenothrix Cohn 1870, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Crenothrix polyspora Cohn 1870 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. krene, a fountain, spring; Gr. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Crenothrix, fountain hair.
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). [COHN (F.): Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mig Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische analyse des Brunnenwassers. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 1870, 1, 108-131.]

Crenothrix polyspora Cohn 1870, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Etymology: Gr. adj. polus, many, numerous; Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. adj. polysporus -a -um, many-spored; N.L. fem. adj. polyspora, many-spored.
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). [COHN (F.): Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mig Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische analyse des Brunnenwassers. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 1870, 1, 108-131.]