Genus Suttonella
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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).
Suttonella Dewhirst et al. 1990, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Suttonella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) Dewhirst et al. 1990.
Etymology: N.L. dim. fem. n. Suttonella, named after R.G.A. Sutton.
Valid publication: DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), LA FONTAINE (S.) and ROOD (J.I.): Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 426-433.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Suttonella Dewhirst et al. 1990 emend. Foster et al. 2005.
Reference: FOSTER (G.), MALNICK (H.), LAWSON (P.A.), KIRKWOOD (J.), MacGREGOR (S.K.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2269-2272.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Suttonella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) Dewhirst et al. 1990, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25869= CCUG 2341 = CIP 80.20 = DSM 8309 = NCTC 10717.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M35015.
Basonym: ¤ Kingella indologenes Snell and Lapage 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. indolum, indole; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), producing; N.L. adj. indologenes, indole-producing.
Valid publication: DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.), LA FONTAINE (S.) and ROOD (J.I.): Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 426-433.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Suttonella ornithocola Foster et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B6/99/2 = CCUG 49457 = NCTC 13337.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ717394.
Etymology: Gr. n. ornis, bird; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), dweller; N.L. n. ornithocola, bird dweller.
Valid publication: FOSTER (G.), MALNICK (H.), LAWSON (P.A.), KIRKWOOD (J.), MacGREGOR (S.K.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2269-2272.
Original article in IJSEM Online