Kurthia

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Kurthia Trevisan 1885, genus.
Type species: ¤ Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "Zopfius" Wenner and Rettger 1919.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Kurthia, named for H. Kurth, the German bacteriologist who described the type species.
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). [TREVISAN (V.): Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4), 1885, 3, 92-107.]

Kurthia gibsonii Shaw and Keddie 1983, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 43195 = CIP 103250 = DSM 20636 = IFO (now NBRC) 15534 = JCM 6105 = LMG 17316 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9758.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB271738.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. gibsonii, of Gibson, named for T. Gibson.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 11. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 672-674. [SHAW (S.) and KEDDIE (R.M.): A numerical taxonomic study of the genus Kurthia with a revised description of Kurthia zopfii and a description of Kurthia gibsonii sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1983, 4, 253-276.]
Validation List N° 11 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Kurthia sibirica Belikova et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 13-22 = ATCC 49154 = CCM 3477 = CIP 103418 = DSM 4747 = JCM 8563 = LMG 17317 = NBRC 101530 = VKM B-1549.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ605774.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sibirica, pertaining to Siberia (region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the rivers Tobol and Irtysh) where it was found in a mammoth from which the bacteria were isolated.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222. [BELIKOVA (V.A.), CHEREVACH (N.V.) and KALAKOUTSKII (L.V.): Kurthia sibirica, a new bacterial species of the Kurthia genus. Mikrobiologiya, 1986, 55, 831-836.]
Validation List N° 25 in IJSEM Online

Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 33403 = CCUG 38890 = CIP 103249 = DSM 20580 = JCM 6101 = LMG 17318 = NBRC 101529 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9878 = NCTC 10597 = VKM B-1568.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB271740.
Synonyms: "Bacterium zopfii" Kurth 1883, "Helikobacterium zopfii" (sic) (Kurth 1883) Escherich 1886, "Bacillus zopfii" (Kurth 1883) Macé 1889, "Zopfius zopfii" (Kurth 1883) Wenner and Rettger 1919.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. zopfii, of Zopf, named for W. Zopf, a German botanist.
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 KURTH (H.): Über Bacterium Zopfii, eine neue Bacterienart. Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, 1883, 1, 97-100. 2 TREVISAN (V.): Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4), 1885, 3, 92-107.]