Meganema

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

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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").

Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. adj. megas, big; Gr. neut. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Meganema, large thread-like micro-organism.
Reference: THOMSEN (T.R.), BLACKALL (L.L.), AQUINO DE MURO (M.), NIELSEN (J.L.) and NIELSEN (P.H.): Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1865-1868.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to the NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006 was previously known as "Candidatus Meganema" Thomsen et al. 2002 (unpublished).

Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gr1 = ATCC BAA-740 = DSM 15528.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF180468.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. perideroedes (from Gr. neut. adj. perideroedes), necklace-like.
Reference: THOMSEN (T.R.), BLACKALL (L.L.), AQUINO DE MURO (M.), NIELSEN (J.L.) and NIELSEN (P.H.): Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1865-1868.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 The epithet perideroedes is a "N.L. neut. adj.", not a "Gr. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Thomsen et al. 2006 (see Rule 6).
2 According to the NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 was previously known as "Candidatus Meganema perideroedes" Thomsen et al. 2002 (unpublished).