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Genus Allofustis

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, 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

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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.

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