Genus Truepera
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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).
Truepera da Costa et al. 2005 (complete authorship reads da Costa, Rainey and Albuquerque), gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Trueperaceae Rainey, da Costa and Albuquerque 2005).
Type species: ¤ Truepera radiovictrix Albuquerque, da Costa and Rainey 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Truepera, named in honor of the German microbiologist Hans G. Trüper.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 105. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1743-1745.
Effective publication: ALBUQUERQUE (L.), SIMÕES (C.), NOBRE (M.F.), PINO (N.M.), BATTISTA (J.R.), SILVA (M.T.), RAINEY (F.A.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett., 2005, 247, 161-169.
Validation List no. 105 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Truepera radiovictrix Albuquerque et al. 2005 (complete authorship reads Albuquerque, da Costa and Rainey), sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RQ-24 = CIP 108686 = LMG 22925 = DSM 17093.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ022076.
Etymology: L. n. radius, beam or ray; N.L. pref. radio-, pertaining to radiation; L. fem. n. victrix, she that is victorious, a conqueress, victress; N.L. fem. n. (nominative in apposition) radiovictrix, the vanquisher of radiation.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 105. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1743-1745.
Effective publication: ALBUQUERQUE (L.), SIMÕES (C.), NOBRE (M.F.), PINO (N.M.), BATTISTA (J.R.), SILVA (M.T.), RAINEY (F.A.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett., 2005, 247, 161-169.
Validation List no. 105 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online