Genus Holdemanella
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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").
Holdemanella De Maesschalck et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Holdemanella biformis De Maesschalck et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Holdemanella, named in honour of Lillian V. Holdeman Moore, a contemporary American microbiologist, for her outstanding contribution to the bacteriology of anaerobes.
Valid publication: DE MAESSCHALCK, C., VAN IMMERSEEL, F., EECKHAUT, V., DE BAERE, S., CNOCKAERT, M., CROUBELS, S., HAESEBROUCK, F., DUCATELLE, R. and VANDAMME, P. 2014. Faecalicoccus acidiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the chicken caecum, and reclassification of Streptococcus pleomorphus (Barnes et al. 1977), Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) and Eubacterium cylindroides (Cato et al. 1974) as Faecalicoccus pleomorphus comb. nov., Holdemanella biformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Faecalitalea cylindroides gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively, within the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3877-3884.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Holdemanella biformis De Maesschalck et al. 2014, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 3989=ATCC 27806CCUG 28091.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M59230.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. fem. adj. biformis, two-shaped, two-formed (pertaining to cellular morphology).
Source: Human.
Valid publication: DE MAESSCHALCK, C., VAN IMMERSEEL, F., EECKHAUT, V., DE BAERE, S., CNOCKAERT, M., CROUBELS, S., HAESEBROUCK, F., DUCATELLE, R. and VANDAMME, P. 2014. Faecalicoccus acidiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the chicken caecum, and reclassification of Streptococcus pleomorphus (Barnes et al. 1977), Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) and Eubacterium cylindroides (Cato et al. 1974) as Faecalicoccus pleomorphus comb. nov., Holdemanella biformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Faecalitalea cylindroides gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively, within the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3877-3884.
Original article in IJSEM Online