Genus Microcyclus
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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").
Microcyclus Ørskov 1928, genus.
Type species: ¤ Microcyclus aquaticus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. masc. n. cyclus, a circle; N.L. masc. n. Microcyclus, a small circle.
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: ØRSKOV (J.): Beschreibung eines neuen Microben, Microcyclus aquaticus, mit eigentümlicher Morphologie. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I, 1928, 107, 180-184.
→ ¤ Ancylobacter Raj 1983, gen. nov.
Note: Microcyclus is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)].
Reference: RAJ (H.D.): Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 397-398.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Microcyclus aquaticus Ørskov 1928, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ørskov = ATCC 25396= CCUG 1820 = CCUG 30551 = DSM 101 = LMG 4052 = NBRC 102453 = VKM B-1287.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M62790.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic.
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: ØRSKOV (J.): Beschreibung eines neuen Microben, Microcyclus aquaticus, mit eigentümlicher Morphologie. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I, 1928, 107, 180-184.
→ ¤ Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983, comb. nov.
Note: Microcyclus aquaticus is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)].
Reference: RAJ (H.D.): Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 397-398.
Original article in IJSEM Online