Genus Hungatella
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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").
Hungatella Kaur et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hungatella effluvii Kaur et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Hungatella, in honour of Robert Edward Hungate (1906-2004), who contributed much to anaerobic bacteriology.
Valid publication: KAUR, S., YAWAR, M., KUMAR, P. A. and SURESH, K. 2014. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 710-718..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hungatella effluvii Kaur et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UB-B.2=MTCC 11101=DSM 24995.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE603919.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. gen. n. effluvii, of a flowing out, of an outlet.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: KAUR, S., YAWAR, M., KUMAR, P. A. and SURESH, K. 2014. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 710-718.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hungatella hathewayi Kaur et al. 2014, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 13479=CCUG 43506=MTCC 10951.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ311620.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium hathewayi Steer et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. hathewayi, of Hatheway, to honour the late American microbiologist Charles L. Hatheway, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of the Clostridium botulinum group of organisms.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: KAUR, S., YAWAR, M., KUMAR, P. A. and SURESH, K. 2014. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 710-718.
Original article in IJSEM Online