Name: Centipeda Lai et al. 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. Centipeda, a centipede, a worm, called also millepeda or multipeda

Gender: feminine (stem: Centiped-)

Type species: Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai CH, Males BM, Dougherty PA, Berthold P, Listgarten MA. Centipeda periodontii gen. nov., sp. nov., from human periodontal lesions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:628-635.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Centipedia".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CNPD" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Centipeda periodontii Lai et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.

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