Centipeda

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

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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").

Centipeda Lai et al. 1983, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Centipeda, a centipede, a worm, called also millepeda or multipeda.
Reference: LAI (C.H.), MALES (B.M.), DOUGHERTY (P.A.), BERTHOLD (P.) and LISTGARTEN (M.A.): Centipeda periodontii gen. nov., sp. nov., from human periodontal lesions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 628-635.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LL2383 = ATCC 35019 = CCUG 44586 = CIP 105322 = DSM 2778.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ010963.
Etymology: N.L. n. periodontium (from Gr. prep. peri, around; Gr. n. odous -ontos, tooth), periodontium; N.L. gen. n. periodontii, of the periodontium.
Reference: LAI (C.H.), MALES (B.M.), DOUGHERTY (P.A.), BERTHOLD (P.) and LISTGARTEN (M.A.): Centipeda periodontii gen. nov., sp. nov., from human periodontal lesions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 628-635.
Original article in IJSEM Online