Name: Beggiatoa leptomitoformis Dubinina et al. 2017
Etymology: lep.to.mi.to.for’mis. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, slender; Gr. masc. n. mitos, thread; L. fem. n. forma, form; N.L. masc./fem. adj. leptomitoformis, shaped like a slender thread
Type strain: D-402; DSM 14946; UNIQEM U779
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16S rRNA gene: AY583996 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Dubinina G, Savvichev A, Orlova M, Gavrish E, Verbarg S, Grabovich M. Beggiatoa leptomitoformis sp. nov., the first freshwater member of the genus capable of chemolithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:197-204.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Dubinina G, Savvichev A, Orlova M, Gavrish E, Verbarg S, Grabovich M. Beggiatoa leptomitoformis sp. nov., the first freshwater member of the genus capable of chemolithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:197-204.
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Record number: 773997