Name: Blastobacter henricii Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hen.ri’ci.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. henricii, of Henrici, named for A. Henrici, an American microbiologist who may have been the first to see bacteria belonging to the genus Blastobacter

Gender: masculine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Zavarzin GA. Budding bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1961; 30:952-975.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zavarzin GA. Budding bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1961; 30:952-975.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

Parent taxon: Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zavarzin GA. Budding bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1961; 30:952-975.

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Record number: 783515