Chloroflexus

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

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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").

Chloroflexus Pierson and Castenholz 1974, genus.
Type species: ¤ Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Cfl. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. chlôros, green; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending; N.L. masc. n. Chloroflexus, green bending.
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). [PIERSON (B.K.) and CASTENHOLZ (R.W.): A phototrophic gliding filamentous bacterium of hot springs, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, gen. and sp. nov. Archives of Microbiology, 1974, 100, 5-24.]

Chloroflexus aggregans Hanada et al. 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MD-66 = DSM 9485.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AAUI01000026.
Etymology: L. v. aggregare, to flock or band together; L. part. adj. aggregans, assembling, aggregating.
Reference: HANADA (S.), HIRAISHI (A.), SHIMADA (K.) and MATSUURA (K.): Chloroflexus aggregans sp. nov., a filamentous phototrophic bacterium which forms dense cell aggregates by active gliding movement. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 676-681.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pierson and Castenholz 1974, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 29366 = DSM 635.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D38365.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-colored.
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). [PIERSON (B.K.) and CASTENHOLZ (R.W.): A phototrophic gliding filamentous bacterium of hot springs, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, gen. and sp. nov. Archives of Microbiology, 1974, 100, 5-24.]