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Genus Pragia

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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).


 

Pragia Aldová et al. 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pragia fontium Aldová et al. 1988.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Pragia, named after Prague, the city in which strains of the genus were identified.
Valid publication: ALDOVÁ (E.), HAUSNER (O.), BRENNER (D.J.), KOCMOUD (Z.), SCHINDLER (J.), POTUZNÍKOVÁ (B.) and PETRÁS (P.): Pragia fontium gen. nov., sp. nov. of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 183-189.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Pragia fontium Aldová et al. 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DRL 20125 = HG16 = CNCTC Eb11/82 = ATCC 49100= CCUG 18073 = CDC 963-84 = CIP 103791 = DSM 5563 = IP 20125 = LMG 7875.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ233424.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. fontium, from springs or fountains, the mean source of isolation.
Valid publication: ALDOVÁ (E.), HAUSNER (O.), BRENNER (D.J.), KOCMOUD (Z.), SCHINDLER (J.), POTUZNIKOVÁ (B.) and PETRÁS (P.): Pragia fontium gen. nov., sp. nov. of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 183-189.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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