Genus Fastidiosipila
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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).
Fastidiosipila Falsen et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fastidiosipila sanguinis Falsen et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. fastidiosus, fastidious; L. fem. n. pila, ball; N.L. fem. n. fastidiosipila, a fastidious ball (coccus), because the organisms are difficult to grow.
Valid publication: FALSEN (E.), COLLINS (M.D.), WELINDER-OLSSON (C.), SONG (Y.), FINEGOLD (S.M.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 853-858.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fastidiosipila sanguinis Falsen et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 47711 = CIP 108292.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ575187.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sanguinis, of blood, referring to the source of the organism.
Valid publication: FALSEN (E.), COLLINS (M.D.), WELINDER-OLSSON (C.), SONG (Y.), FINEGOLD (S.M.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 853-858.
Original article in IJSEM Online