Genus Longispora
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Longispora Matsumoto et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Longispora albida Matsumoto et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. adj. longus, long; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Longispora, long spore.
Valid publication: MATSUMOTO (A.), TAKAHASHI (Y.), SHINOSE (M.), SEINO (A.), IWAI (Y.) and ŌMURA (S.): Longispora albida gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1553-1559.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Longispora Matsumoto et al. 2003 emend. Shiratori-Takano et al. 2011.
Reference: SHIRATORI-TAKANO (H.), YAMADA (K.), BEPPU (T.) and UEDA (K.): Longispora fulva sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil, and emended description of the genus Longispora. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 804-809.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Longispora albida Matsumoto et al. 2003 emend. Shiratori-Takano et al. 2011 emend. Piao et al. 2017.
Reference: PIAO, C., JIN, L., ZHAO, J., LIU, C., ZHAO, Y., WANG, X. and XIANG, W. 2017. Longispora urticae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Urtica urens L., and emended descriptions of the species Longispora albida and Longispora fulva. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4228-4234.
Original article.
Longispora albida Matsumoto et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K97-0003 = JCM 11711 = NBRC 100759 = NRRL B-24201.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB089241.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. albida, somewhat white.
Valid publication: MATSUMOTO (A.), TAKAHASHI (Y.), SHINOSE (M.), SEINO (A.), IWAI (Y.) and ŌMURA (S.): Longispora albida gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1553-1559.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Longispora fulva Shiratori-Takano et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KZ0017 = DSM 45356 = NBRC 105670.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB489859.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. fulva, tawny, yellowish brown, the colour of the colonies.
Valid publication: SHIRATORI-TAKANO (H.), YAMADA (K.), BEPPU (T.) and UEDA (K.): Longispora fulva sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil, and emended description of the genus Longispora. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 804-809.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Longispora fulva Shiratori-Takano et al. 2011 emend. Piao et al. 2017.
Reference: PIAO, C., JIN, L., ZHAO, J., LIU, C., ZHAO, Y., WANG, X. and XIANG, W. 2017. Longispora urticae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Urtica urens L., and emended descriptions of the species Longispora albida and Longispora fulva. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4228-4234.
Original article.
Longispora urticae Piao et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NEAU-PCY-3=DSM 105119=CCTCC AA 2017017.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY788225.
Etymology: L. gen. n. urticae, of the stinging nettle, of the genus Urtica, the type strain was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Urtica urens L..
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: PIAO, C., JIN, L., ZHAO, J., LIU, C., ZHAO, Y., WANG, X. and XIANG, W. 2017. Longispora urticae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Urtica urens L., and emended descriptions of the species Longispora albida and Longispora fulva. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4228-4234.
Original article in IJSEM Online