Wigglesworthia

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

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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").

Wigglesworthia Aksoy 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Wigglesworthia glossinidia Aksoy 1995.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Wigglesworthia, named after the parasitologist W.B. Wigglesworth.
Reference: AKSOY (S.): Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 848-851.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Wigglesworthia glossinidia Aksoy 1995, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description (the nomenclatural type is the primary endosymbiont found in the mycetocytes of Glossina morsitans morsitans).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. glossinidia, referring to Glossina, the genus of tsetse flies.
Reference: AKSOY (S.): Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 848-851.
Original article in IJSEM Online