Leucothrix

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

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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").

Leucothrix Oersted 1844, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Leucothrix mucor Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "Pontothrix" Nadson and Krasil'nikov 1932.
Etymology: Gr. adj. leukos, clear, light; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Leucothrix, colorless 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). [OERSTED (A.S.): De Regionibus marinis. Elementa Topographiae Historiconaturalis Freti Oeresund. Inaugural Dissertation. J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen, 1844.]

Leucothrix mucor Oersted 1844, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25107 = DSM 2157.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X87277.
Etymology: L. n. mucor, mold; N.L. n. mucor, a genus of molds.
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). [OERSTED (A.S.): De Regionibus marinis. Elementa Topographiae Historiconaturalis Freti Oeresund. Inaugural Dissertation. J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen, 1844.]