Genus Skermania
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).
Skermania Chun et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Skermania piniformis (Blackall et al. 1989) Chun et al. 1997.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Skemania, named after Victor Skerman, an Australian taxonomist.
Valid publication: CHUN (J.), BLACKALL (L.L.), KANG (S.-O.), HAH (Y.C.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): A proposal to reclassify Nocardia pinensis Blackall et al. as Skermania piniformis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 127-131.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The gender of the genus name is not given by Chun et al. 1997. According to Recommendation 10a (2), Skermania should be in the feminine gender.
Skermania piniformis (Blackall et al. 1989) Chun et al. 1997, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 49497= CIP 104516 = DSM 43998 = IFO (now NBRC) 15059 = UQM 3063.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Z35435.
Basonym: ¤ Nocardia pinensis Blackall et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. n. pinus, a pine, pine-tree; L. adj. suffix -formis -is -e (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. fem. adj. pinifomis, pine-like, pertaining to the pine-like appearance of young microcolonies.
Valid publication: CHUN (J.), BLACKALL (L.L.), KANG (S.-O.), HAH (Y.C.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): A proposal to reclassify Nocardia pinensis Blackall et al. as Skermania piniformis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 127-131.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In violation of Rule 34a, the specific epithet (pinensis) is changed in the absence of the same epithet used for a different species in the genus Skermania Chun et al. 1997.