Scardovia

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Scardovia Jian and Dong 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Scardovia inopinata (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Scardovia, named after Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist who has made many contributions to our knowledge of bifidobacteria.
Reference: JIAN (W.) and DONG (X.): Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 809-812.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Scardovia Jian and Dong 2002 emend. Downes et al. 2011.
Type species: ¤ Scardovia inopinata (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Scardovia, named after Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist who has made many contributions to our knowledge of bifidobacteria.
Reference: DOWNES (J.), MANTZOURANI (M.), BEIGHTON (D.), HOOPER (S.), WILSON (M.J.), NICHOLSON (A.) and WADE (W.G.): Scardovia wiggsiae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity and clinical material, and emended descriptions of the genus Scardovia and Scardovia inopinata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 25-29.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Scardovia inopinata (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain B3109 = AS1.2187 = CCUG 35729 = DSM 10107 = JCM 12537 = NCTC 12937.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D89332.
Basonym: ¤ Bifidobacterium inopinatum Crociani et al. 1996.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. inopinata, unexpected, referring to the very unusual morphology.
Reference: JIAN (W.) and DONG (X.): Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 809-812.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Scardovia inopinata (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002 emend. Downes et al. 2011.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain B3109 = AS1.2187 = CCUG 35729 = DSM 10107 = JCM 12537 = NCTC 12937.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D89332.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. inopinata, unexpected, referring to the very unusual morphology.
Reference: DOWNES (J.), MANTZOURANI (M.), BEIGHTON (D.), HOOPER (S.), WILSON (M.J.), NICHOLSON (A.) and WADE (W.G.): Scardovia wiggsiae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity and clinical material, and emended descriptions of the genus Scardovia and Scardovia inopinata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 25-29.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Scardovia wiggsiae Downes et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain C1A_55 = CCUG 58090 = DSM 22547.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY278626.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. wiggsiae, of Wiggs, named in honour of Lois Wiggs, American microbiologist, for her contributions to anaerobic microbiology.
Reference: DOWNES (J.), MANTZOURANI (M.), BEIGHTON (D.), HOOPER (S.), WILSON (M.J.), NICHOLSON (A.) and WADE (W.G.): Scardovia wiggsiae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity and clinical material, and emended descriptions of the genus Scardovia and Scardovia inopinata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 25-29.
Original article in IJSEM Online