Genus Lawsonella
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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").
Lawsonella Bell et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Lawsonella clevelandensis Bell et al. 2016.
Etymology: N. L. fem. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Lawsonella, named to honour Paul A. Lawson, a contemporary English microbiologist, currently at the University of Oklahoma, for his many contributions to microbial taxonomy and phylogeny.
Valid publication: BELL, M. E., BERNARD, K. A., HARRINGTON, S. M., PATEL, N. B., TUCKER, T. A., METCALFE, M. G. and MCQUISTON, J. R. 2016. Lawsonella clevelandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from human abscesses Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2929-2935.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Lawsonella clevelandensis Bell et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X1036=DSM 45743=CCUG 66657.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX877776.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. clevelandensis, of Cleveland, Ohio, the city of origin of the type strain.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: BELL, M. E., BERNARD, K. A., HARRINGTON, S. M., PATEL, N. B., TUCKER, T. A., METCALFE, M. G. and MCQUISTON, J. R. 2016. Lawsonella clevelandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from human abscesses Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2929-2935.
Original article in IJSEM Online