Name: Herpetosiphon geysericola (Copeland 1936) Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phormidium geysericola Copeland 1936

Etymology: ge.y.se.ri.co.la. N.L. neut. n. geysirum, geyser (from Icelandic n. geysir); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. geysericola, hot spring dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23076; CCUG 48727; DSM 7119

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF039293 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lewin RA. New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:517-520.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptolyngbya geysericola (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Phormidium geysericola Copeland 1936	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lewin RA. New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:517-520.

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Record number: 776898