Veillonella

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

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).

Number of species cited in this file: 12
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 7

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

Veillonella Prévot 1933, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Veillonella, named after Adrien Veillon, the French microbiologist who isolated 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). [PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobius. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260.]

Note: On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), "Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale" is erroneously cited as "Annales Societe Nature".

---> Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982.
Type species: ¤ Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Veillonella, named after Adrien Veillon, the French microbiologist who isolated the type species.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17745 = CCUG 5122 = NCTC 11809.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY995769.
Synonyms: "Micrococcus gazogenes alcalescens anaerobius" Lewkowicz 1901, "Micrococcus gazogenes" Hall and Howitt 1925, not "Micrococcus gazogenes" Choukévitch 1911, "Veillonella gazogenes" (Hall and Howitt 1925) Murray 1939, "Micrococcus lactilyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. alcalescens, alkaline-making.
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). [PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobius. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260.]

---> ¤ Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982.

Note: According to Mays et al. 1982, Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later heterotypic synonym of Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella alcalescens subsp. alcalescens (Prévot 1933) Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17745 = CCUG 5122 = NCTC 11809.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY995769.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. alcalescens, alkaline-making.
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). [PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobius. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260.]

Notes:
1 The original autorship, Prévot 1933, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d.
Reference: GARRITY (G.M.), LABEDA (D.P.) and OREN (A.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2775-2780.
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2 If an author accepts the elevation of Veillonella alcalescens subsp. criceti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980), the elevation of Veillonella alcalescens subsp. dispar Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980), the elevation of Veillonella alcalescens subsp. dispar Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) and the elevation of Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) to full species status, then Veillonella alcalescens subsp. alcalescens (Prévot 1933) Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) should thereafter be designated simply as Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).

Veillonella alcalescens subsp. criceti Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17747 = DSM 20734 = NCTC 12020.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF186072.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. criceti, of Cricetus, the zoological genus name of the hamster.
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). [ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

---> ¤ Veillonella criceti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.

Veillonella alcalescens subsp. dispar Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17748 = DSM 20735 = NCTC 11831.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF439639.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different.
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). [ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

---> ¤ Veillonella dispar (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.

Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17746 = DSM 20736 = NCTC 12019.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF186071.
Etymology: N.L. n. Rattus, genus of rats; N.L. gen. n. ratti, of the rat genus.
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). [ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

---> ¤ Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.

Veillonella atypica (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17744 = DSM 20739 = NCTC 11830.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF439641.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella parvula subsp. atypica Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; L. adj. typicus -a -um, typical; N.L. fem. adj. atypica, not typical.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella caviae Mays et al. 1982, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 33540 = DSM 20738 = NCTC 12021 = VPI 12140 from Rogosa PV1, guinea pig mouth.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY355140.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. caviae, of Cavia, the zoological genus name of the guinea pig.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella criceti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17747 = DSM 20734 = JCM 6511 = NCTC 12020.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF186072.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella alcalescens subsp. criceti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. criceti, of Cricetus, the zoological genus name of the hamster.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella denticariosi Byun et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RBV106 = CCUG 54362 = CIP 109448 = DSM 19009 = JCM 15641.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF185167.
Etymology: L. n. dens dentis, tooth; L. adj. cariosus, rotten, decayed; N.L. gen. n. denticariosi, of a decayed tooth.
Reference: BYUN (R.), CARLIER (J.P.), JACQUES (N.A.), MARCHANDIN (H.) and HUNTER (N.): Veillonella denticariosi sp. nov., isolated from human carious dentine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2844-2848.
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Veillonella dispar (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17748 = DSM 20735 = NCTC 11831.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF439639.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella alcalescens subsp. dispar Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella magna Kraatz and Taras 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain lac18 = CCUG 55454 = CIP 109767 = DSM 19857 = JCM 15053.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU096495.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. magna, big, referring to the cell size in comparison with other species of the genus Veillonella.
Reference: KRAATZ (M.) and TARAS (D.): Veillonella magna sp. nov., isolated from the jejunal mucosa of a healthy pig, and emended description of Veillonella ratti. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2755-2761.
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Veillonella montpellierensis Jumas-Bilak et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ADV 281.99 = CCUG 48299 = CIP 107992.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF473836.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. montpellierensis, pertaining to Montpellier in the south of France, where the type strain and two other strains supporting the description of the species were isolated.
Reference: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), TEYSSIER (C.), GAY (B.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Veillonella montpellierensis sp. nov., a novel, anaerobic, Gram-negative coccus isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1311-1316.
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Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 10790 = CCUG 5123 = DSM 2008 = JCM 12972 = NCTC 11810.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001820 (complete genome).
Synonym: "Staphylococcus parvulus" Veillon and Zuber 1898.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. parvula, very small.
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 VEILLON (A.) and ZUBER (A.): Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique, 1898, 10, 517-545. 2 PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobius. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260.]

Note: According to Mays et al. 1982, Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier synonym of ¤ Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 10790 = CCUG 5123 = DSM 2008 = JCM 12972 = NCTC 11810.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001820 (complete genome).
Synonym: "Staphylococcus parvulus" Veillon and Zuber 1898.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. parvula, very small.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella parvula subsp. atypica Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17744 = DSM 20739 = NCTC 11830.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF439641.
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; L. adj. typicus -a -um, typical; N.L. fem. adj. atypica, not typical.
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). [ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

---> ¤ Veillonella atypica (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.

Veillonella parvula subsp. parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 10790 = CCUG 5123 = DSM 2008 = JCM 12972 = NCTC 11810.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001820 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. parvula, very small.
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 VEILLON (A.) and ZUBER (A.): Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique, 1898, 10, 517-545. 2 PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobius. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260. 3 ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

Notes:
1 The original autorship, Rogosa 1965, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d.
Reference: GARRITY (G.M.), LABEDA (D.P.) and OREN (A.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2775-2780.
Original article in IJSEM Online
2 If an author accepts the elevation of Veillonella parvula subsp. atypica Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980), and the elevation of Veillonella parvula subsp. rodentium Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) to full species status, then Veillonella parvula subsp. parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) should thereafter be designated simply as Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).

Veillonella parvula subsp. rodentium Rogosa 1965, subspecies.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17743 = DSM 20737 = NCTC 12018.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY514996.
Etymology: N.L. plur. gen. n. rodentium (from L. part. adj. rodens -entis, gnawing), of rodents.
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). [ROGOSA (M.): The genus Veillonella. IV. Serological groupings, and genus and species emendations. Journal of Bacteriology, 1965, 90, 704-709.]

---> ¤ Veillonella rodentium (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.

Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17746 = DSM 20736 = JCM 6512 = NCTC 12019.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF186071.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. Rattus, genus of rats; N.L. gen. n. ratti, of the rat genus.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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---> Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982 emend. Kraatz and Taras 2008.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17746 = DSM 20736 = JCM 6512 = NCTC 12019.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF186071.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. Rattus, genus of rats; N.L. gen. n. ratti, of the rat genus.
Reference: KRAATZ (M.) and TARAS (D.): Veillonella magna sp. nov., isolated from the jejunal mucosa of a healthy pig, and emended description of Veillonella ratti. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2755-2761.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Veillonella rodentium (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17743 = DSM 20737 = NCTC 12018.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY514996.
Basonym: ¤ Veillonella parvula subsp. rodentium Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. plur. gen. n. rodentium (from L. part. adj. rodens -entis, gnawing), of rodents.
Reference: MAYS (T.D.), HOLDEMAN (L.V.), MOORE (W.E.C.), ROGOSA (M.) and JOHNSON (J.L.): Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 28-36.
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Veillonella rogosae Arif et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CF100 = CCUG 54233 = DSM 18960 = JCM 15642.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF108443.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. rogosae, of Rogosa, named in honour of the late American microbiologist Morrison Rogosa, for his outstanding contributions to microbiology and to the taxonomy of the genus Veillonella.
Reference: ARIF (N.), DO (T.), BYUN (R.), SHEEHY (E.), CLARK (D.), GILBERT (S.C.) and BEIGHTON (D.): Veillonella rogosae sp. nov., an anaerobic, Gram-negative coccus isolated from dental plaque. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 581-584.
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