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Genus Caryophanon

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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).

 

Caryophanon Peshkoff 1939, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 [Approved Lists 1980]; type genus of the family ¤ Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Caryophanon latum Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. karyon, nut, kernel, nucleus; Gr. adj. phaneros, bright, conspicuous; N.L. neut. n. Caryophanon, that which has a conspicuous nucleus.
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: PESHKOFF (M.A.): Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes, Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1939, 25, 239-242 (in Russian).

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Caryophanon latum Peshkoff 1939, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33407= LMG 17312 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9533 = VKM B-105.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X70314.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. latum, broad.
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: PESHKOFF (M.A.): Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes, Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1939, 25, 239-242 (in Russian).

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Caryophanon tenue (ex Peshkoff 1939) Trentini 1988, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33098= NCIB (now NCIMB) 9535 = VKM B-106.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X70315.
Synonym: "Caryophanon tenue" Peshkoff 1939.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. tenue, slender.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: TRENTINI (W.C.): Genus Caryophanon Peshkoff. 1939, 244AL. In: P.H.A. SNEATH, N.S. MAIR, M.E. SHARPE and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, pp. 1259-1260.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online

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