Genus Sporichthya
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Sporichthya Lechevalier et al. 1968, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997).
Type species: ¤ Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; Gr. n. ikhthus, fish; N.L. fem. n. Sporichthya, an organism with fish-like spores.
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: LECHEVALIER (M.P.), LECHEVALIER (H.A.) and HOLBERT (P.E.): Sporichthya, un nouveau genre de Streptomycetaceae. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1968, 114, 277-285.
Sporichthya brevicatena Tamura et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YU720-21 = IFO (now NBRC) 16195 = JCM 10671.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB006164.
Etymology: L. adj. brevis, short; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. brevicatena (nominative in apposition), a short chain, microorganism having short chains.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.), HAYAKAWA (M.) and HATANO (K.): Sporichthya brevicatena sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1779-1784.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23823= DSM 43042 = IFO (now NBRC) 12702 = JCM 3089 = NRRL B-3709 = VKM Ac-1863.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB025317.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. polymorpha (from Gr. adj. polumorphos -on), multiform, polymorphic, microorganism having many shapes.
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: LECHEVALIER (M.P.), LECHEVALIER (H.A.) and HOLBERT (P.E.): Sporichthya, un nouveau genre de Streptomycetaceae. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1968, 114, 277-285.