Etymology:Beg.gia’to.a.N.L. fem. n.Beggiatoa, a genus of bacteria, named in remembrance of F.S. Beggiato, a physician of Vicenza (g.b. 1807), who authored the Delle Terme Euganea
Effective publication:
Trevisan V. Prospetto della Flora Euganea. Coi Tipi Del Seminario, Padova, 1842.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Migula N. Ueber ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Buchanan RE. Order VII. Beggiatoales Buchanan, Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 837-853.
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Thiotrichaceae" Pringsheim 1949.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
🧕 Buchanan (1957) assigned this genus to the order Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Buchanan RE. Order VII. Beggiatoales Buchanan, Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 837-853.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892.Publication:
Vaucher JP. Histoire des conferves d'eau douce, contenant leurs différents modes de reproduction, et la description de leurs principales espèces. J.J. Paschoud, Geneva, 1803.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Begcjiatoa"; "Beggfatoa"; "Beggiacoa"; "Beggiafoa"; "Beggiaioa"; "Beggialoa"; "Beggiama"; "Beggiaoa"; "Beggiaota"; "Beggiaroa"; "Beggiataa"; "Beggiatea"; "Beggiazoa"; "Beggintoa"; "Beggiutoa"; "Begqiatoa"; "Bejgiatoa"; "Bepgiatoa"; "Besgiatoa"; "Deggiatoa"; "Heggiatoa".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 2.
🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria ("nom. cons, among bacteria, against Trevisan, 1842").Publication:
Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 13). No counterpart given against which the name is conserved.Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BGGT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2 Total number of child taxa: 5
Assigned by:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
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