Genus Serpens
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).
Serpens Hespell 1977, genus.
Type species: ¤ Serpens flexibilis Hespell 1977 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. n. serpens, snake, serpent.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: HESPELL (R.B.): Serpens flexibilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusually flexible lactate-oxidizing bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 371-381.
Serpens flexibilis Hespell 1977, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29606.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU269546.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. flexibilis, flexible, pliant.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: HESPELL (R.B.): Serpens flexibilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusually flexible lactate-oxidizing bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 371-381.
→ ¤ Pseudomonas flexibilis (Hespell 1977, Approved Lists 1980) Shin et al. 2016, comb. nov.