Sporocytophaga

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

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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").

Sporocytophaga Stanier 1940, genus.
Type species: ¤ Sporocytophaga myxococcoides (Krzemieniewska 1933) Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Cytophaga, genus name of a bacterium; N.L. fem. n. Sporocytophaga, sporing Cytophaga.
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). [STANIER (R.Y.): Studies on the cytophagas. Journal of Bacteriology, 1940, 40, 619-636.]

Sporocytophaga myxococcoides (Krzemieniewska 1933) Stanier 1940, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 10010 = DSM 11118 = LMG 8393.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ310654.
Synonyms: "Cytophaga myxococcoides" Krzemieniewska 1933, "Spirochaeta cytophaga" Hutchinson and Clayton 1919.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Myxococcus, genus name of a bacterium; L. suff. -oides (from Gr. suff. eides from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), resembling, similar; N.L. fem. adj. myxococcoides, resembling Myxococcus.
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). [1 KRZEMIENIEWSKA (H.): Contribution à l'étude du genre Cytophaga (Winogradsky). Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1933, 4, 394-408. 2 STANIER (R.Y.): Studies on the cytophagas. Journal of Bacteriology, 1940, 40, 619-636.]