Sporichthya

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Sporichthya Lechevalier et al. 1968, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997).
Type species: ¤ Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; Gr. n. ikhthus, fish; N.L. fem. n. Sporichthya, an organism with fish-like spores.
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). [LECHEVALIER (M.P.), LECHEVALIER (H.A.) and HOLBERT (P.E.): Sporichthya, un nouveau genre de Streptomycetaceae. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1968, 114, 277-285.]

Sporichthya brevicatena Tamura et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YU720-21 = IFO (now NBRC) 16195 = JCM 10671.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB006164.
Etymology: L. adj. brevis, short; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. brevicatena (nominative in apposition), a short chain, microorganism having short chains.
Reference: TAMURA (T.), HAYAKAWA (M.) and HATANO (K.): Sporichthya brevicatena sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1779-1784.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23823 = DSM 43042 = IFO (now NBRC) 12702 = JCM 3089 = NRRL B-3709 = VKM Ac-1863.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB025317.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. polymorpha (from Gr. adj. polumorphos -on), multiform, polymorphic, microorganism having many shapes.
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). [LECHEVALIER (M.P.), LECHEVALIER (H.A.) and HOLBERT (P.E.): Sporichthya, un nouveau genre de Streptomycetaceae. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1968, 114, 277-285.]