Genus Pragia
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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).
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
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