Genus Finegoldia
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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).
Finegoldia Murdoch and Shah 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Finegoldia magna (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Finegoldia, name after Sydney M. Finegold, an American microbiologist.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: MURDOCH (D.A.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov. Anaerobe, 1999, 5, 555-559.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Finegoldia magna (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15794= CCUG 17636 = DSM 20470 = GIFU 7629 = JCM 1766 = NCTC 11804.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF542227.
Basonym: ¤ Peptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Ezaki et al. 1983.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. magna, large.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: MURDOCH (D.A.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov. Anaerobe, 1999, 5, 555-559.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online