Genus Crenothrix
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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").
Crenothrix Cohn 1870, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Crenothrix polyspora Cohn 1870 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. krene, a fountain, spring; Gr. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Crenothrix, fountain hair.
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: COHN (F.): Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mig Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische analyse des Brunnenwassers. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 1870, 1, 108-131.
Crenothrix polyspora Cohn 1870, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture isolated.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: Gr. adj. polus, many, numerous; Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. adj. polysporus -a -um, many-spored; N.L. fem. adj. polyspora, many-spored.
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: COHN (F.): Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mig Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische analyse des Brunnenwassers. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 1870, 1, 108-131.