Genus Varibaculum
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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).
Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Varibaculum cambriense corrig. Hall et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. adj. varus, bent, crooked; L. neut. n. baculum, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Varibaculum, small bent rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 91. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 627-628.
Effective publication: HALL (V.), COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), HUTSON (R.A.), FALSEN (E.), INGANAS (E.) and DUERDEN (B.): Characterization of some Actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical sources: description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2003, 41, 640-644.
Validation List no. 91 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003 emend. Glaeser et al. 2017.
Reference: GLAESER, S. P., DOIJAD, S., HIJAZIN, M., CHAKRABORTY, T., FALSEN, E., HALL, V. and KÄMPFER, P. 2017. Varibaculum anthropi sp. nov. represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, .
Original article.
Varibaculum anthropi Glaeser et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 31793=JCM 19104=DSM 27023.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ780830.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: ERS1106961.
Etymology: N/A.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 1-3.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: GLAESER, S. P., DOIJAD, S., HIJAZIN, M., CHAKRABORTY, T., FALSEN, E., HALL, V. and KÄMPFER, P. 2016. Varibaculum anthropi sp. nov. represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 39, 546-552.
Effective publication Online
Varibaculum cambriense corrig. Hall et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R12359 = CCUG 44998 = CIP 107344.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ428402.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. cambriense, pertaining to Cambria, the Latin name of Wales.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 91. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 627-628.
Effective publication: HALL (V.), COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), HUTSON (R.A.), FALSEN (E.), INGANAS (E.) and DUERDEN (B.): Characterization of some Actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical sources: description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2003, 41, 640-644.
Validation List no. 91 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, cambriensis (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 91 (footnote ¶). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 627-628.
Validation List no. 91 in IJSEM Online