Volucribacter

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

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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").

Volucribacter Christensen et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Volucribacter psittacicida Christensen et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. fem. n. volucris -is, bird; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Volucribacter, rod-shaped bacterium of birds.
Reference: CHRISTENSEN (H.), BISGAARD (M.), AALBÆK (B.) and OLSEN (J.E.): Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 33, with proposal of Volucribacter psittacicida gen. nov., sp. nov. and Volucribacter amazonae sp. nov. as new members of the Pasteurellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 813-818.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Volucribacter Christensen et al. 2004 was previously known as Bisgaard taxon 33.

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Volucribacter amazonae Christensen et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 146/S8/89 = CCUG 47537 = DSM 15535.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY216869.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. amazonae, of parrots of the genus Amazona Lesson 1830.
Reference: CHRISTENSEN (H.), BISGAARD (M.), AALBAEK (B.) and OLSEN (J.E.): Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 33, with proposal of Volucribacter psittacicida gen. nov., sp. nov. and Volucribacter amazonae sp. nov. as new members of the Pasteurellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 813-818.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Volucribacter amazonae Christensen et al. 2004 was previously known as Bisgaard taxon 33, biovar 2.

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Volucribacter psittacicida Christensen et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gerl. 236/81 = CCUG 47536 = DSM 15534.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY216868.
Etymology: L. masc. n. psittacus, the parrot; L. masc. or fem. suff. -cida, killer; N.L. masc. n. psittacida, killer of parrots.
Reference: CHRISTENSEN (H.), BISGAARD (M.), AALBAEK (B.) and OLSEN (J.E.): Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 33, with proposal of Volucribacter psittacicida gen. nov., sp. nov. and Volucribacter amazonae sp. nov. as new members of the Pasteurellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 813-818.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Volucribacter psittacicida Christensen et al. 2004 was previously known as Bisgaard taxon 33, biovar 1.

More information (in French)