Genus Jonquetella
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").
Jonquetella Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Jonquetella anthropi Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Jonquetella, named in honour of Professor Jonquet, the clinician who first diagnosed infection involving this novel genus.
Valid publication: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), CITRON (D.), BERNARD (K.), DAMAY (A.), GAY (B.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Jonquetella anthropi gen. nov,. sp. nov., the first member of the candidate phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from man. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2743-2748.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Jonquetella anthropi Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ADV 126 = AIP 136.05 = CCUG 53819 = CIP 109408.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF436500.
Etymology: Gr. n. anthropos, a human being; N.L. gen. n. anthropi, of a human being, since virtually all strains thus far recovered are from human clinical specimens and since it represents the first characterized species including human clinical isolates in the phylum "Synergistetes".
Valid publication: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), CITRON (D.), BERNARD (K.), DAMAY (A.), GAY (B.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Jonquetella anthropi gen. nov,. sp. nov., the first member of the candidate phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from man. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2743-2748.
Original article in IJSEM Online