Genus Calymmatobacterium
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).
Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913, genus.
Type species: ¤ Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "Donovania" Anderson et al. 1944.
Etymology: Gr. n. kalumma, a head-covering, hood, veil; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Calymmatobacterium, the sheathed rodlet.
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: ARAGAO (H.) and VIANNA (G.): Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro, 1913, 5, 211-238.
→ ¤ Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Carter et al. 1999.
Note: Carter et al. 1999 propose to transfer ¤ Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980), the type species of the genus Calymmatobacterium, to the genus ¤ Klebsiella as ¤ Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Calymmatobacterium to ¤ Klebsiella.
Reference: CARTER (J.S.), BOWDEN (F.J.), BASTIAN (I.), MYERS (G.M.), SRIPRAKASH (K.S.) and KEMP (D.J.): Phylogenetic evidence for reclassification of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1695-1700.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no strain extant.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene): AF009171 (from Carter et al. (1999)).
Synonyms: "Encapsulatus inguinalis" Bergey et al. 1923, "Klebsiella granulomatis" Bergey et al. 1925, "Donovania granulomatis" Anderson et al. 1944.
Etymology: L. dim. n. granulum, a small grain; N.L. n. granuloma, a granuloma; N.L. gen. n. granulomatis, of a granuloma.
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: ARAGAO (H.) and VIANNA (G.): Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro, 1913, 5, 211-238.
→ ¤ Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999, comb. nov.