Genus Kandleria
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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").
Kandleria Salvetti et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kandleria vitulina (Sharpe et al. 1973) Salvetti et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Kandleria, named after Otto Kandler, for his outstanding contribution to the study of lactic acid bacteria and for the first identification of Lactobacillus vitulinus.
Valid publication: SALVETTI (E.), FELIS (G.E.), DELLAGLIO (F.), CASTIONI (A.), TORRIANI (S.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Reclassification of Lactobacillus catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 and Lactobacillus vitulinus Sharpe et al. 1973 as Eggerthia catenaformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Kandleria vitulina gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2520-2524.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Kandleria vitulina (Sharpe et al. 1973) Salvetti et al. 2011, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 27783= CCUG 32236 = CIP 103154 = DSM 20405 = JCM 1143 = LMG 18931 = NRRL B-14854.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB210825.
Basonym: ¤ Lactobacillus vitulinus Sharpe et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. vitulina, of a calf.
Valid publication: SALVETTI (E.), FELIS (G.E.), DELLAGLIO (F.), CASTIONI (A.), TORRIANI (S.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Reclassification of Lactobacillus catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 and Lactobacillus vitulinus Sharpe et al. 1973 as Eggerthia catenaformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Kandleria vitulina gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2520-2524.
Original article in IJSEM Online