Genus Ornithobacterium
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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).
Ornithobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Vandamme et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. ornis -ithos, bird; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Ornithobacterium, bird bacterium, because it was first isolated from birds.
Valid publication: VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VAN HOVE (K.), MUTTERS (R.), HOMMEZ (J.), DEWHIRST (F.), PASTER (B.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), DEVRIESE (L.A.), BISGAARD (M.), HINZ (K.H.) and MANNHEIM (W.): Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the avian respiratory tract. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 24-37.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Vandamme et al. 1994, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 51463= CCUG 23171 = CIP 104009 = LMG 9086 = MCCM 01774.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U87101.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhis rhinos, nose, nostril; L. n. trachia, windpipe; L. neut. adj. suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. rhinotracheale, relating to the nostrils and windpipe, because the organism was first isolated there.
Valid publication: VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VAN HOVE (K.), MUTTERS (R.), HOMMEZ (J.), DEWHIRST (F.), PASTER (B.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), DEVRIESE (L.A.), BISGAARD (M.), HINZ (K.H.) and MANNHEIM (W.): Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the avian respiratory tract. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 24-37.
Original article in IJSEM Online