Genus Aegyptianella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Aegyptianella Carpano 1929, genus.
Type species: ¤ Aegyptianella pullorum Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Aegyptianella (from L. n. Aegyptus), named after Egypt where the organism was described in 1929.
Approved Lists reference: 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).
Original publication: CARPANO (M.): Su di un Piroplasma osservato nei Polli in Egitto (Egyptianella pullorum). Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture Egypt, 1929, 86, 1-12.
Aegyptianella pullorum Carpano 1929, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture isolated.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonyms: "Spirochaeta granulosa penetrans" Balfour 1911, "Aegyptianella granulosa" Brumpt 1930, "Aegyptianella granulosa penetrans" Mesnil 1930, "Babesia pullorum" Morcos 1935, "Balfouria anserina" Dschunkowsky 1937, "Balfouria gallinarium" (sic) Dschunkowsky 1937.
Etymology: L. n. pullus, a young fowl, chicken; L. gen. pl. n. pullorum, of young fowls.
Approved Lists reference: 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).
Original publication: CARPANO (M.): Su di un Piroplasma osservato nei Polli in Egitto (Egyptianella pullorum). Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture Egypt, 1929, 86, 1-12.