Streptobacillus

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

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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").

Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925, genus.
Type species: ¤ Streptobacillus moniliformis Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: Not "Streptobacillus" Ucke 1898, "Haverhillia" Parker and Hudson 1926.
Etymology: Gr. adj. streptos, twisted, curved; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Streptobacillus, a twisted or curved small rod.
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). [LEVADITI (C.), NICOLAU (S.) and POINCLOUX (P.): Sur le rôle étiologique de Streptobacillus moniliformis (nov. spec.) dans l'érythème polymorphe aigu septicémique. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris), 1925, 180, 1188-1190.]

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Streptobacillus moniliformis Levaditi et al. 1925, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 14647 = CCUG 2469 = CCUG 13453 = DSM 12112 = NCTC 10651.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001779 (complete genome).
Synonyms: "Streptothrix muris ratti" Schottmüller 1914, "Nocardia muris" de Mello and Pais 1918, "Actinomyces muris ratti" (Schottmüller 1914) Lieske 1921, "Haverhillia multiformis" Parker and Hudson 1926, "Actinomyces muris" (de Mello and Pais 1918) Topley and Wilson 1936, "Asterococcus muris" (de Mello and Pais 1918) Heilman 1941, "Proactinomyces muris" (de Mello and Pais 1918) Krasil'nikov 1941, "Haverhillia moniliformis" (Levaditi et al. 1925) Prévot 1948, "Actinobacillus muris" (de Mello and Pais 1918) Wilson and Miles 1955.
Etymology: L. n. monile, necklace; L. masc. suff. -formis -is -e (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. moniliformis, necklace-shaped.
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). [LEVADITI (C.), NICOLAU (S.) and POINCLOUX (P.): Sur le rôle étiologique de Streptobacillus moniliformis (nov. spec.) dans l'érythème polymorphe aigu septicémique. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris), 1925, 180, 1188-1190.]

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