Name: Crenothrix polyspora Cohn 1870 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.spo.ra. Gr. masc. adj. polys, many, numerous; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. adj. polysporus -a -um, many-spored; N.L. fem. adj. polyspora, many-spored

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Cohn F. Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mit Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische Analyse des Brunnenwassers. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 1), 1870, Max Müller, Breslau, 1870, p. 108-131.

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 Crenothrix Cohn 1870 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cohn F. Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mit Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische Analyse des Brunnenwassers. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 1), 1870, Max Müller, Breslau, 1870, p. 108-131.
  • 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: Crenothrix Cohn 1870 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cohn F. Über den Brunnenfaden (Crenothrix polyspora) mit Bemerkungen über die mikroskopische Analyse des Brunnenwassers. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 1), 1870, Max Müller, Breslau, 1870, p. 108-131.

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Record number: 783708