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Genus Guggenheimella

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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).


Guggenheimella Wyss et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Guggenheimella bovis Wyss et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Guggenheimella, named after the Swiss microbiologist Bernhard Guggenheim, for his contributions to health research.
Valid publication: WYSS (C.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), THURNHEER (T.) and LUGINBÜHL (A.): Guggenheimella bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lesions of bovine dermatitis digitalis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 667-671.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Guggenheimella bovis Wyss et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OMZ 913 = CIP 108087 = DSM 15657.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY272039.
Etymology: L. gen. n. bovis, of a cow, referring to the source of isolation.
Valid publication: WYSS (C.), DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), THURNHEER (T.) and LUGINBÜHL (A.): Guggenheimella bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lesions of bovine dermatitis digitalis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 667-671.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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