Genus Allofustis
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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).
Allofustis Collins et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Allofustis seminis Collins et al. 2003.
Etymology: Gr. adj. allos, another; L. masc. n. fustis, stick; N.L. masc. n. Allofustis, the other stick or rod.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), HIGGINS (R.), MESSIER (S.), FORTIN (M.), HUTSON (R.A.), LAWSON (P.A.) and FALSEN (E.): Allofustis seminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from pig semen. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 811-814.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Allofustis seminis Collins et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 01-570-1 = CCUG 45438 = CIP 107425.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ410303.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. seminis, of semen.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), HIGGINS (R.), MESSIER (S.), FORTIN (M.), HUTSON (R.A.), LAWSON (P.A.) and FALSEN (E.): Allofustis seminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from pig semen. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 811-814.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The specific epithet is a L. gen. n. not a N.L. gen. n. as cited in the paper by Collins et al. 2003.