Genus Parvimonas
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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).
Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Parvimonas micra (Prévot 1933) Tindall and Euzéby 2006.
Illegitimate synonym: Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000.
Etymology: L. adj. parvus, little, small; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Parvimonas, a small monad.
Valid publication: TINDALL (B.J.) and EUZÉBY (J.P.): Proposal of Parvimonas gen. nov. and Quatrionicoccus gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate, prokaryotic, generic names Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 and Quadricoccus Maszenan et al. 2002, respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2711-2713.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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 proposed by Tindall and Euzéby 2006.
Parvimonas micra (Prévot 1933) Tindall and Euzéby 2006, 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).
Illegitimate synonym: ¤ Micromonas micros (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000.
Other synonyms: "Streptococcus anaerobius micros" Lewkowicz 1901, "Streptococcus micros" Prévot 1933.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros -ê -on, small, little; N.L. fem. adj. micra, small, little.
Valid publication: TINDALL (B.J.) and EUZÉBY (J.P.): Proposal of Parvimonas gen. nov. and Quatrionicoccus gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate, prokaryotic, generic names Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 and Quadricoccus Maszenan et al. 2002, respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2711-2713.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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 (Prévot 1933) Tindall and Euzéby 2006 has been proposed by Tindall and Euzéby 2006.