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Genus Calymmatobacterium
Name: Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Ca.lym.ma.to.bac.te.ri.um. Gr. neut. n. kalymma, a head-covering, hood, veil; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Calymmatobacterium, the sheathed rodlet
Gender: neuter (stem: Calymmatobacteri-)
Type species: Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Aragão H, Vianna G. Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro 1913; 5:211-238.
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
Correct name: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Carter JS, Bowden FJ, Bastian I, Myers GM, Sriprakash KS, Kemp DJ. Phylogenetic evidence for reclassification of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1695-1700.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Calymmawbacterium".
- ❗ Calymmatobacterium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CMBT" 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.
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Record number: 517194
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