Genus Flexithrix
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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).
Flexithrix Lewin 1970, genus.
Type species: ¤ Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. part. adj. flexus, flexible; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Flexithrix, flexible hair (flexible rod).
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: LEWIN (R.A.): Flexithrix dorotheae gen. et sp. nov. (Flexibacterales); and suggestions for reclassifying sheathed bacteria. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 511-515.
→ Flexithrix Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hosoya and Yokota 2007.
Reference: HOSOYA (S.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1086-1088.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23163= DSM 6795 = IFO (now NBRC) 15987 = LMG 8379.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB078077.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. dorotheae, of Dorothy, named after Mrs. Dorothy White, a technical assistant.
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: LEWIN (R.A.): Flexithrix dorotheae gen. et sp. nov. (Flexibacterales); and suggestions for reclassifying sheathed bacteria. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1970, 16, 511-515.
→ Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hosoya and Yokota 2007.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23163= DSM 6795 = LMG 8379 = NBRC 15987.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB078077.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. dorotheae, of Dorothy, named after Mrs. Dorothy White, a technical assistant.
Reference: HOSOYA (S.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1086-1088.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Hosoya and Yokota, Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Although the epithet aggregans in ¤ Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) is the older epithet, Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) has priority over ¤ Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980), because Flexithrix dorotheae is the type of the genus Flexithrix (Rules 15 and 17).
Reference: HOSOYA (S.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1086-1088.
Original article in IJSEM Online