Genus Mucispirillum
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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").
Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. mucus, mucus; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. mucispirillum, a small spiral rod of the mucus.
Valid publication: ROBERTSON (B.R.), O'ROURKE (J.L.), NEILAN (B.A.), VANDAMME (P.), ON (S.L.W.), FOX (J.G.) and LEE (A.): Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1199-1204.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HRI I17 = ACM 5223 = ATCC BAA-1009.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY387670.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. schaedleri, of Schaedler, in honour of Russell Schaedler, one of the pioneers in the study of the bacteria of the intestinal tract of mammals.
Valid publication: ROBERTSON (B.R.), O'ROURKE (J.L.), NEILAN (B.A.), VANDAMME (P.), ON (S.L.W.), FOX (J.G.) and LEE (A.): Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1199-1204.
Original article in IJSEM Online