Dichelobacter

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

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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").

Dichelobacter Dewhirst et al. 1990, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Dichelobacter nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Dewhirst et al. 1990.
Etymology: Gr. adj. dichelos, cloven hoofed; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dichelobacter, clovenhoofed rod, because this organism is the rod-shaped bacterium that causes footrot in sheep, goats, and cattle.
Reference: DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), LA FONTAINE (S.) and ROOD (J.I.): Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 426-433.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Dichelobacter nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Dewhirst et al. 1990, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25549 = CCUG 27824 = CIP 107042.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: JN175347.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Mraz 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Organism K" Beveridge 1938, "Fusiformis nodosus" Beveridge 1941, "Ristella nodosa" (Beveridge 1941) Prévot 1948.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. nodosus, full of knots, refers to the shape of the cells.
Reference: DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), LA FONTAINE (S.) and ROOD (J.I.): Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 426-433.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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