Genus Micromonas
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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").
Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Micromonas micros (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros -ê -on, small, little; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Micromonas, tiny cell.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: MURDOCH (D.A.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov. Anaerobe, 1999, 5, 555-559.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Notes:
1 According to Rule 65 (2),the genus name Micromonas must be in the feminine gender, not in the masculine gender as cited in the paper by Murdoch and Shah 2000.
2 The name Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 is illegitimate because of precedence of a microalga Micromonas I. Manton and M. Parke (Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Prasinophyceae; Mamiellales; Mamiellaceae; Micromonas; Micromonas pusilla). See: Principle 2 and Rule 51b(4).
Reference: DE VOS (P.), TRÜPER (H.G.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Xth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 28, 29 and 31 July and 1 August 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 525-532.
Original article by De Vos et al. 2005 in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006, gen. nov.
Note: The name Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 is illegitimate because of precedence of the algal genus name, Micromonas I. Manton and M. Parke 1960 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new genus designation ¤ Parvimonas has been validly published by Tindall and Euzéby 2006.
Micromonas micros (sic) (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33270= CCUG 46357 = CIP 105294 = DSM 20468 = GIFU 7824 = JCM 12970 = NCTC 11808 = VPI 5464.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY323523.
Basonym: ¤ Peptostreptococcus micros (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Heterotypic Synonym: ¤ Peptococcus glycinophilus (Cardon and Barker 1946) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Streptococcus anaerobius micros" Lewkowicz 1901, "Streptococcus micros" Prévot 1933.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros -ê -on, small, little; N.L. masc. adj. micros, small, little.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: MURDOCH (D.A.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov. Anaerobe, 1999, 5, 555-559.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The name Micromonas micros (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 is illegitimate because it is placed in an illegitimate genus (see: ¤ Micromonas).
→ ¤ Parvimonas micra (Prévot 1933) Tindall and Euzéby 2006, comb. nov.
Note: Micromonas micros (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 is illegitimate because of precedence of the algal genus name, Micromonas I. Manton and M. Parke 1960 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation ¤ Parvimonas micra has been validly published by Tindall and Euzéby 2006.