Species "Bacillus thetaiotaomicron"

Name: "Bacillus thetaiotaomicron" Distaso 1912

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: the.ta.i.o.ta.o.mi’cron. N.L. neut. n. thetaiotaomicron, a combination of the Greek letters theta, iota and omicron, relating to the morphology of vacuolated forms (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus the-ta-i-o-ta-o-MI-kron, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 29148; CCUG 10774; CIP 104206; DSM 2079; JCM 5827; NCTC 10582; VPI 5482

16S rRNA gene: M58763 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Distaso A. Contribution à l'étude sur l'intoxication intestinale. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1912; 62:433-468.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso 1912) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Distaso A. Contribution à l'étude sur l'intoxication intestinale. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1912; 62:433-468.

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Record number: 4086

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