Negativicutes

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Class Negativicutes

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).

Classification - List of orders and suborders included in the class - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".

Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. adj. negativus, negative; L. fem. n. cutis, skin; N.L. fem. pl. n. Negativicutes, division with cells bounded by skin with two concentric lipid bilayers, the cytoplasmic membrane and an outer membrane, to indicate Gram-negative type of cell wall in the Firmicutes division (phylum).
Reference: MARCHANDIN (H.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), ROGER (F.), GAY (B.), CARLIER (J.P.) and JUMAS-BILAK (E.): Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1271-1279.
Original article in IJSEM Online