Genus Allobaculum
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Allobaculum Greetham et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Allobaculum stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. pref. -allos, the other; L. neut. n. baculum, a stick, staff, rod; N.L. neut. n. Allobaculum, the other small rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 110. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1459-1460.
Effective publication: GREETHAM (H.L.), GIBSON (G.R.), GIFFARD (C.), HIPPE (H.), MERKHOFFER (B.), STEINER (U.), FALSEN (E.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe, 2004, 10, 301-307.
Validation List no. 110 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Allobaculum stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 13633 = CCUG 45212.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ417075.
Etymology: L. n. stercus -oris, feces; L. gen. n. canis, of a dog; N.L. gen. n. stercoricanis, from dog feces.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 110. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1459-1460.
Effective publication: GREETHAM (H.L.), GIBSON (G.R.), GIFFARD (C.), HIPPE (H.), MERKHOFFER (B.), STEINER (U.), FALSEN (E.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Allobaculum stercoricanis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from canine feces. Anaerobe, 2004, 10, 301-307.
Validation List no. 110 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Notes:
1 In the fig. 2 of the effective publication, the type strain is erroneously cited as DSM 13632.
2 The epithet stercoricanis is a neo-Latin genitive noun, not a Latin genitive noun as cited in the effective publication.