Filifactor

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

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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").

Filifactor Collins et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filifactor villosus (Love et al. 1979) Collins et al. 1994.
Etymology: L. n. filum, thread; L. masc. n. factor, a maker; N.L. masc. n. Filifactor, thread-maker.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Filifactor alocis (Cato et al. 1985) Jalava and Eerola 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 35896 = CCUG 47790 = VPI D40B-5.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP002390 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Fusobacterium alocis Cato et al. 1985.
Etymology: Gr. n. alox -okos, a furrow; N.L. gen. n. alocis, of a furrow, referring to its isolation from a crevice of the gums.
Reference: JALAVA (J.) and EEROLA (E.): Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1375-1379.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Filifactor villosus (Love et al. 1979) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain VSB 3349 = ATCC 33388 = DSM 1645 = NCTC 11220.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF537211.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium villosum Love et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. adj. villosus, hairy, shaggy, rough (referring to the colonial morphology).
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online