Desmospora

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

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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").

Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desmospora activa Yassin et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. n. desmos, chain; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed; N.L. fem. n. Desmospora, spore chain.
Reference: YASSIN (A.F.), HUPFER (H.), KLENK (H.P.) and SIERING (C.): Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 454-459.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desmospora activa Yassin et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IMMIB L-1269 = CCUG 55916 = DSM 45169.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM940019.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. activa, active, referring to the metabolic activity of the type strain.
Reference: YASSIN (A.F.), HUPFER (H.), KLENK (H.P.) and SIERING (C.): Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 454-459.
Original article in IJSEM Online