Genus Meganema
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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").
Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. adj. megas, big; Gr. neut. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Meganema, large thread-like micro-organism.
Valid publication: THOMSEN (T.R.), BLACKALL (L.L.), AQUINO DE MURO (M.), NIELSEN (J.L.) and NIELSEN (P.H.): Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1865-1868.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Gr1 = ATCC BAA-740 = DSM 15528.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF180468.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. perideroedes (from Gr. neut. adj. perideroedes), necklace-like.
Valid publication: THOMSEN (T.R.), BLACKALL (L.L.), AQUINO DE MURO (M.), NIELSEN (J.L.) and NIELSEN (P.H.): Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1865-1868.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The epithet perideroedes is a "N.L. neut. adj.", not a "Gr. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Thomsen et al. 2006 (see Rule 6).
→ ¤ Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017, comb. nov.