Rikenella

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

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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").

Rikenella Collins et al. 1985, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Rikenellaceae Krieg et al. 2012).
Type species: ¤ Rikenella microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978) Collins et al. 1985.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Rikenella, named after the RIKEN-Institute, Japan, where the organisms were originally isolated.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376. [COLLINS (M.D.), SHAH (H.N.) and MITSUOKA (T.): Reclassification of Bacteroides microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka) in a new genus Rikenella, as Rikenella microfusus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1985, 6, 79-81.]
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Rikenella microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978) Collins et al. 1985, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 29728 = CCUG 54772 = DSM 15922 = JCM 2053 = NCTC 11190.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: L16498.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides microfusus Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. n. fusus, a spindle; N.L. n. microfusus (nominative in apposition), a small spindle (referring to cellular morphology).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376. [COLLINS (M.D.), SHAH (H.N.) and MITSUOKA (T.): Reclassification of Bacteroides microfusus (Kaneuchi and Mitsuoka) in a new genus Rikenella, as Rikenella microfusus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1985, 6, 79-81.]
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