Genus Turicella
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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).
Turicella Funke et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Turicella otitidis Funke et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Turicella, pertaining to Turicum, the Latin name of Zurich, Switzerland, where the first isolates were collected.
Valid publication: FUNKE (G.), STUBBS (S.), ALTWEGG (M.), CARLOTTI (A.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium isolated from patients with otitis media. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 270-273.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Turicella otitidis Funke et al. 1994, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 234/92 = ATCC 51513= CCUG 32254 = CIP 104075 = DSM 8821 = JCM 12146 = LMG 19071.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X73976.
Etymology: Gr. n. ous otos, ear; N.L. suff. -itis -idis, suffix used in names of inflammations; N.L. gen. n. otitidis, of inflammation of the ear.
Valid publication: FUNKE (G.), STUBBS (S.), ALTWEGG (M.), CARLOTTI (A.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium isolated from patients with otitis media. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 270-273.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Turicella otitidis Funke et al. 1994 was previously known as CDC coryneform group ANF-1 like.