Dictyoglomus

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

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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").

Dictyoglomus Saiki et al. 1985, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Dictyoglomales Patel 2012; type genus of the family ¤ Dictyoglomaceae Patel 2012).
Type species: ¤ Dictyoglomus thermophilum Saiki et al. 1985.
Etymology: Gr. n. diktuon, a net; L. neut. n. glomus, a ball; N.L. neut. n. Dictyoglomus, net ball.
Reference: SAIKI (T.), KOBAYASHI (Y.), KAWAGOE (K.) and BEPPU (T.): Dictyoglomus thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemoorganotrophic, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 253-259.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Dictyoglomus thermophilum Saiki et al. 1985, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain H-6-12 = ATCC 35947 = DSM 3960.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X69194.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat loving.
Reference: SAIKI (T.), KOBAYASHI (Y.), KAWAGOE (K.) and BEPPU (T.): Dictyoglomus thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemoorganotrophic, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 253-259.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Dictyoglomus turgidum corrig. Svetlichny and Svetlichnayá 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-1310 = DSM 6724.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the complete genome of the type strain: NC_011661, CP001251.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. turgidum, swollen, inflated, because the cells form spherical aggregates.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880. [SVETLICHNY (V.A.) and SVETLICHNAYÁ (T.P.): Dictyoglomus turgidus sp. nov., a new extremely thermophilic eubacterium isolated from hot springs of the Uzon volcano caldera. Mikrobiologiya, 1988, 57, 435-441.]
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, turgidus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1073-1075.
Original article in IJSEM Online