Name:Runellaslithyformis Larkin and Williams 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:
sli.thy.for.mis. slithy, a nonsense word from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky for a fictional organism that is "slithy" (presumably a combination of slinky and lithe); L. adj. suff.-formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n.forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj.slithyformis, slithy in form
Effective publication:
Larkin JM, Williams PM. Runella slithyformis gen. nov., sp. nov. a curved, nonflexible, pink bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:32-36.
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
Emendations:
Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Runella Larkin and Williams 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Larkin JM, Williams PM. Runella slithyformis gen. nov., sp. nov. a curved, nonflexible, pink bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:32-36.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.
🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.Publication:
Copeland A, Zhang X, Misra M, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, et al. Complete genome sequence of the aquatic bacterium Runella slithyformis type strain (LSU 4T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:145-154.
Assigned by:
Larkin JM, Williams PM. Runella slithyformis gen. nov., sp. nov. a curved, nonflexible, pink bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:32-36.
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