Genus Telluria
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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).
Telluria Bowman et al. 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Telluria mixta (Bowman et al. 1989) Bowman et al. 1993.
Etymology: L. fem. n. tellus -uris, the ground, land, earth and also a Roman goddess of the earth (Tellus); N.L. fem. n. Telluria, a bacterium isolated from the earth.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), HAYWARD (A.C.), SPIEGEL (Y.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Telluria mixta (Pseudomonas mixta Bowman, Sly, and Hayward 1988) gen. nov., comb. nov., and Telluria chitinolytica sp. nov., soil-dwelling organisms which actively degrade polysaccharides. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 120-124.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Telluria chitinolytica Bowman et al. 1993, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 20M = ACM 3522 = CIP 104069 = CNCM I-804.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X65590.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin, a polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. chitinolytica, dissolving chitin.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), HAYWARD (A.C.), SPIEGEL (Y.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Telluria mixta (Pseudomonas mixta Bowman, Sly, and Hayward 1988) gen. nov., comb. nov., and Telluria chitinolytica sp. nov., soil-dwelling organisms which actively degrade polysaccharides. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 120-124.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-804 is probably a patent deposit.
Telluria mixta (Bowman et al. 1989) Bowman et al. 1993, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACM 1762 = ATCC 49108= CCUG 35206 = CIP 104068 = DSM 4832 = LMG 11547 = UQM 1762.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X65589.
Basonym: ¤ Pseudomonas mixta Bowman et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. fem. part. adj. mixta (from L. v. misceo), mixed, referring to mixed flagellation.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), HAYWARD (A.C.), SPIEGEL (Y.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Telluria mixta (Pseudomonas mixta Bowman, Sly, and Hayward 1988) gen. nov., comb. nov., and Telluria chitinolytica sp. nov., soil-dwelling organisms which actively degrade polysaccharides. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 120-124.
Original article in IJSEM Online