Turneriella

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

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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").

Turneriella Levett et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Turneriella, to honour Leslie Turner, an English microbiologist who made definitive contributions to the knowledge of leptospirosis.
Reference: LEVETT (P.N.), MOREY (R.E.), GALLOWAY (R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and ELLIS (W.A.): Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1497-1499.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The genus Turneriella Levett et al. 2005 was previously known as "Turneria" Hookey et al. 1993 [HOOKEY (J.V.), BRYDEN (J.) and GATEHOUSE (L.): The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 2585-2590.]
Original article Online

Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain H = ATCC BAA-1111 = NCTC 11395.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY293856.
Basonym: ¤ Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. parva, small.
Reference: LEVETT (P.N.), MOREY (R.E.), GALLOWAY (R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and ELLIS (W.A.): Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1497-1499.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005 was previously known as "Turneria parva" (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Hookey et al. 1993 [HOOKEY (J.V.), BRYDEN (J.) and GATEHOUSE (L.): The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 2585-2590.]
Original article Online