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Genus "Erythrobacillus"
Name: "Erythrobacillus" Fortineau 1905
Etymology: E.ry.thro.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Erythrobacillus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Erythrobacill-), e-ry-thro-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: "Erythrobacillus pyosepticus" Fortineau 1905
Original publication: Fortineau L. L'Erythrobacillus pyosepticus. Compt. rend. Soc. biol. 1905; 58:104.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Erychrobacillus"; "Erythiobacillus"; "Erythmbacillus"; "Erythrabacillus"; "Erythrobaciffus"; "Erythrobaclllus"; "Erythrobaoillus"; "Erythrobecillus"; "Eryzhmbacillus"; "Eryzhrobacillus"; "Hrythrobacillus".
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🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Erythrobacillus prodigiosus" Winslow et al. 1920 not validly published preferred name "Erythrobacillus pyosepticus" Fortineau 1905 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kalayoglu MV, Byrne GI. The Genus Chlamydia—Medical. In: Dworkin M, Falkow S, Rosenberg E, Schleifer K-H, Stackebrandt E (eds), The Prokaryotes. A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria. Third Edition. Volume 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Springer, New York, 2006, p. 741-754.
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Record number: 10978
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