Name: "Microscilla tractuosa" Lewin 1969

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: trac.tu.o.sa. L. fem. adj. tractuosa, that draws to itself, intended to mean drawn or clumped together

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 23168; CIP 106410; DSM 4126; H-43; KCTC 2958; LMG 8378; NBRC 15989; NCIMB 1408; NCMB 1408; VKM B-1430

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16S rRNA gene: AB078072 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Marivirga tractuosa (Lewin 1969) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marivirga tractuosa (Lewin 1969) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flexibacter tractuosus (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Microscilla Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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Record number: 4093