Family Beggiatoaceae
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Classification - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".
Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Beggiatoa, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Beggiatoaceae, the Beggiatoa family.
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: MIGULA (W.): Ueber ein neues system der bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe, 1894, 1, 235-238.
