Hollandina

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").

Hollandina (ex To et al. 1978) Bermudes et al. 1988, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Hollandina pterotermitidis (ex To et al. 1978) Bermudes et al. 1988.
Synonym: "Hollandina" To et al. 1978.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Hollandina, named in honor of André Hollande, a French protistologist
Reference: BERMUDES (D.), CHASE (D.) and MARGULIS (L.): Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 291-302.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hollandina pterotermitidis (ex To et al. 1978) Bermudes et al. 1988, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description (the type specimen is from the hingut of the termite Pterotermes occidentis from the Sonoran Desert in Arizona).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Hollandina pterotermitidis" To et al. 1978.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. pterotermitidis, of Pterotermes, named for the host termite Pterotermes occidentis.
Reference: BERMUDES (D.), CHASE (D.) and MARGULIS (L.): Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 291-302.
Original article in IJSEM Online