Name: Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small; L. masc. n. cyclus, a circle; N.L. masc. n. Microcyclus, a small circle

Gender: masculine

Type species: Microcyclus aquaticus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Oerskov J. Beschreibung eines neuen Mikroben, Microcyclus aquaticus, mit eigentümlicher Morphologie. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I. 1928; 107:180-184.

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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ancylobacter Raj 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ancylobacter Raj 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (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.
  • Later homonym of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904.
  • Microcyclus is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)]. Publication: Raj HD. Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:397-398.

Subdivision:

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microcyclus aquaticus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Microcyclus major" Gromov 1963	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Microcyclus marinus" Raj 1976	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Parent taxon: Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

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