Genus Macromonas
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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, genus.
Type species: ¤ Macromonas mobilis (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. makros, large; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Macromonas, a large monad.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: UTERMÖHL (H.) and KOPPE (F.): Genus Macromonas. In: KOPPE F.: Die Schlammflora der ostholsteinischen Seen und des Bodensees. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 1924, 14, 619-672.
Detailed description: See Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Macromonas bipunctata (ex Gicklhorn 1920) Dubinina and Grabovich 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 12705 = JCM 21374 = VKM 1366.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB077037.
Synonyms: "Pseudomonas bipunctata" Gicklhorn 1920, "Macromonas bipunctata" (Gicklhorn 1920) Utermöhl and Koppe in Koppe 1924.
Etymology: L. adv. bis, twice; L. fem. part. adj. puncta (from L. v. pungo), pricked, punctured; L. fem. suff. -ata, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. fem. adj. bipunctata, twice punctate.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497.
Effective publication: DUBININA (G.A.) and GRABOVICH (M.Y.): Isolation, cultivation and characteristics of Macromonas bipunctata. Mikrobiologiya, 1984, 53, 748-755.
Validation List no. 31 in IJSEM Online
Note: In Validation List 31, "Mikrobiologiya, 1984, 53, 748-755." is erroneously cited as "Mikrobiologiya, 1989, 53, 748-755.".
Reference: TOUZEL (J.-P.): Personal communication (May 06, 2009).
Macromonas mobilis (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture available.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Achromatium mobile" Lauterborn 1915.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 LAUTERBORN (R.): Die sapropelische Lebewelt. Ein Beispiel zur Biologie des Faulschlammes natürlicher Gewässer. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg, 1915, 13, 395-481. 2 UTERMÖHL (H.) and KOPPE (F.): Genus Macromonas. In: KOPPE F.: Die Schlammflora der ostholsteinischen Seen und des Bodensees. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 1924, 14, 619-672.