Genus Metascardovia
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: 1
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).
Metascardovia Okamoto et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Metascardovia criceti Okamoto et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. adv. meta, besides; N.L. fem. n. Scardovia, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Metacardovia, a genus besides Scardovia.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 118. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2449-2450.
Effective publication: OKAMOTO (M.), BENNO (Y.), LEUNG (K.P.) and MAEDA (N.): Metascardovia criceti gen. nov., sp. nov., from hamster dental plaque. Microbiol. Immunol., 2007, 51, 747-754.
Validation List no. 118 in IJSEM Online
Metascardovia criceti Okamoto et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OMB105 = JCM 13493 = DSM 17774.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB241105.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. criceti, of Cricetus (the zoological genus name of the hamster), of hamster.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 118. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2449-2450.
Effective publication: OKAMOTO (M.), BENNO (Y.), LEUNG (K.P.) and MAEDA (N.): Metascardovia criceti gen. nov., sp. nov., from hamster dental plaque. Microbiol. Immunol., 2007, 51, 747-754.
Validation List no. 118 in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Alloscardovia criceti (Okamoto et al. 2007) Killer et al. 2013, comb. nov.