Genus Microscilla
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Microscilla Pringsheim 1951, genus.
Type species: ¤ Microscilla marina (Pringsheim 1951) Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Microscilla, intended to mean small swinging organisms.
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: PRINGSHEIM (E.G.): The Vitreoscillaceae: a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. Journal of General Microbiology, 1951, 5, 124-149.
Microscilla marina (Pringsheim 1951) Lewin 1969, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23134= DSM 4236 = IFO (now NBRC) 16560 = LMG 18923.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB078080.
Synonym: "Microscilla marina" Pringsheim 1951.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of, or belonging to, the sea, marine.
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 PRINGSHEIM (E.G.): The Vitreoscillaceae: a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. Journal of General Microbiology, 1951, 5, 124-149. 2 LEWIN (R.A.): A classification of flexibacteria. Journal of General Microbiology, 1969, 58, 189-206.