Name: "Endosporus" Prévot 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: En.do’spo.rus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -sporus; N.L. masc. n. Endosporus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Endospor-), en-DO-spo-rus

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Endasporus"; "Endosparus"; "Endosperus"; "Endosporis"; "Enposporus".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "EDSP" 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.

Parent taxon: "Endosporaceae" Rahn 1937

Assigned by: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.

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Record number: 1746