Derxia

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

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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").

Derxia Jensen et al. 1960, genus.
Type species: ¤ Derxia gummosa Jensen et al. 1960 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Derxia, named after the Dutch microbiologist H.G. Derx (1894-1953).
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). [JENSEN (H.L.), PETERSEN (E.J.), DE (P.K.) and BHATTACHARYA (R.): A new nitrogen-fixing bacterium: Derxia gummosa nov. gen. nov. spec. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1960, 36, 182-195.]

Further concise information (in French)

Derxia gummosa Jensen et al. 1960, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 15994 = DSM 723 = JCM 20996 = LMG 3977 = NBRC 102506 = NRRL B-4319 = NRRL B-14655.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB089482.
Synonym: "Derxia indica" Roy and Sen 1962.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. gummosa, full of gum, gummy; intended to mean slime (gum) producing.
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). [JENSEN (H.L.), PETERSEN (E.J.), DE (P.K.) and BHATTACHARYA (R.): A new nitrogen-fixing bacterium: Derxia gummosa nov. gen. nov. spec. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1960, 36, 182-195.]