Histophilus

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

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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").

Histophilus Angen et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Histophilus somni Angen et al. 2003.
Etymology: Gr. n. histos, tissue; N.L. adj. philus (from Gr. adj. philos friendly); N.L. masc. n. Histophilus, the tissue friend.
Reference: ANGEN (Ø.), AHRENS (P.), KUHNERT (P.), CHRISTENSEN (H.) and MUTTERS (R.): Proposal of Histophilus somni gen. nov., sp. nov. for the three species incertae sedis 'Haemophilus somnus', 'Haemophilus agni' and 'Histophilus ovis'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1449-1456.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Histophilus somni Angen et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 8025 = ATCC 43625 = CCUG 36157.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF549387.
Etymology: L. gen. n. somni, of sleep, referring to one of the disease conditions associated with the bacterium.
Reference: ANGEN (Ø.), AHRENS (P.), KUHNERT (P.), CHRISTENSEN (H.) and MUTTERS (R.): Proposal of Histophilus somni gen. nov., sp. nov. for the three species incertae sedis 'Haemophilus somnus', 'Haemophilus agni' and 'Histophilus ovis'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1449-1456.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Histophilus somni Angen et al. 2003 was previously known as "Histophilus ovis" Roberts 1956 or "Haemophilus agni" Kennedy et al. 1958 or "Haemophilus somnus" (sic) Bailie 1969 or "Haemophilus somnifer" Miles et al. 1972.

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