Genus Turneriella
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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).
Turneriella Levett et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Turneriella, to honour Leslie Turner, an English microbiologist who made definitive contributions to the knowledge of leptospirosis.
Valid publication: LEVETT (P.N.), MOREY (R.E.), GALLOWAY (R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and ELLIS (W.A.): Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1497-1499.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The genus Turneriella Levett et al. 2005 was previously known as "Turneria" Hookey et al. 1993 [HOOKEY (J.V.), BRYDEN (J.) and GATEHOUSE (L.): The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 2585-2590.]
Original article Online
Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H = ATCC BAA-1111 = NCTC 11395.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY293856.
Basonym: ¤ Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. parva, small.
Valid publication: LEVETT (P.N.), MOREY (R.E.), GALLOWAY (R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and ELLIS (W.A.): Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1497-1499.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005 was previously known as "Turneria parva" (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Hookey et al. 1993 [HOOKEY (J.V.), BRYDEN (J.) and GATEHOUSE (L.): The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 2585-2590.]
Original article Online