Cryptobacterium

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

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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").

Cryptobacterium Nakazawa et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cryptobacterium curtum Nakazawa et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. adj. kruptos, hidden; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cryptobacteriurn, a hidden rod-shaped bacterium.
Reference: NAKAZAWA (F.), POCO (S.E.), IKEDA (T.), SATO (M.), KALFAS (S.), SUNDQVIST (G.) and HOSHINO (E.): Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of Gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1193-1200.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Cryptobacterium curtum Nakazawa et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 12-3 = ATCC 700683 = DSM 15641.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001682 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. neut. adj. curtum, shortened (a shortened cell of this organism).
Reference: NAKAZAWA (F.), POCO (S.E.), IKEDA (T.), SATO (M.), KALFAS (S.), SUNDQVIST (G.) and HOSHINO (E.): Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of Gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1193-1200.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The type strain is correct in the abstract, but wrong elsewhere (ATCC 700863, sic).
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1952.