Herpetosiphon

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Herpetosiphonales Gupta et al. 2013; type genus of the family ¤ Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013)
Type species: ¤ Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. herpeton, gliding animal, reptile; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. Herpetosiphon, gliding tube.
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). [HOLT (J.G.) and LEWIN (R.A.): Herpetosiphon aurantiacus gen. et sp. n., a new filamentous gliding organism. Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 95, 2407-2408.]

Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23779 = CCUG 48726 = DSM 785 = HAMBI 1968.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M34117.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-colored.
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). [HOLT (J.G.) and LEWIN (R.A.): Herpetosiphon aurantiacus gen. et sp. n., a new filamentous gliding organism. Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 95, 2407-2408.]

Herpetosiphon cohaerens Lewin 1970, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain II-2 = ATCC 23123 = NBRC 102661 = NCIMB 12855.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB301614.
Etymology: L. part. adj. cohaerens, cohering, uniting together.
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). [LEWIN (R.A.): New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 517-520.]

---> ¤ Lewinella cohaerens (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998, comb. nov.

Herpetosiphon geysericola (Copeland 1936) Lewin 1970, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23076 = CCUG 48727 = DSM 7119.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF039293.
Synonyms: "Phormidium geysericola" Copeland 1936, "Herpetosiphon geysericolus" (sic) Lewin 1970.
Etymology: N.L. n. geysirum (from Icelandic n. geysir), geyser; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), dweller; N.L. n. geysericola, hot spring dweller.
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). [1 COPELAND (J.J.): Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1936, 36, 1-232. 2 LEWIN (R.A.): New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 517-520.]

Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SS-2 = ATCC 23147 = NBRC 102662 = NCIMB 1420.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB301615.
Etymology: L. part. adj. nigricans, blackening.
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). [LEWIN (R.A.): New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 517-520.]

---> ¤ Lewinella nigricans (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998, comb. nov.

Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain T-3 = ATCC 23167 = NBRC 102663 = NCIMB 1396.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB301616.
Etymology: L. n. persicum, a peach; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; L. masc. adj. persicus, Persian; here intended to mean peach-coloured.
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). [LEWIN (R.A.): New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 517-520.]

---> ¤ Lewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998, comb. nov.