Genus Centipeda
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Centipeda Lai et al. 1983, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Centipeda, a centipede, a worm, called also millepeda or multipeda.
Valid publication: LAI (C.H.), MALES (B.M.), DOUGHERTY (P.A.), BERTHOLD (P.) and LISTGARTEN (M.A.): Centipeda periodontii gen. nov., sp. nov., from human periodontal lesions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 628-635.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LL2383 = ATCC 35019= CCUG 44586 = CIP 105322 = DSM 2778.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ010963.
Etymology: N.L. n. periodontium (from Gr. prep. peri, around; Gr. n. odous -ontos, tooth), periodontium; N.L. gen. n. periodontii, of the periodontium.
Valid publication: LAI (C.H.), MALES (B.M.), DOUGHERTY (P.A.), BERTHOLD (P.) and LISTGARTEN (M.A.): Centipeda periodontii gen. nov., sp. nov., from human periodontal lesions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 628-635.
Original article in IJSEM Online