Genus Bibersteinia
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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").
Bibersteinia Blackall et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bibersteinia trehalosi (Sneath and Stevens 1990) Blackall et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bibersteinia, bacterial genus named after Ernst L. Biberstein, who did much of the early characterization work on this organism, including the creation of the serotyping scheme and some of the earliest DNA-DNA relatedness studies that indicated the unique nature of this taxon.
Valid publication: BLACKALL (P.J.), BOJESEN (A.M.), CHRISTENSEN (H.) and BISGAARD (M.): Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 666-674.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bibersteinia trehalosi (Sneath and Stevens 1990) Blackall et al. 2007, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S110 = A92 = serovar 3/T15 = ATCC 29703= CCUG 27190 = CIP 103829 = NCTC 10370.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY362927.
Basonym: ¤ Pasteurella trehalosi Sneath and Stevens 1990.
Etymology: N.L. n. trehalosum, trehalose; N.L. gen. n. trehalosi, of trehalose, pertaining to trehalose.
Valid publication: BLACKALL (P.J.), BOJESEN (A.M.), CHRISTENSEN (H.) and BISGAARD (M.): Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 666-674.
Original article in IJSEM Online