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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Vitreoscilla catenula"

Name: "Vitreoscilla catenula" Pringsheim 1951

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.te’nu.la. L. fem. dim. n. catenula, little chain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wi-tre-os-KIL-la ka-TE-nu-la, feminine

Original publication: Pringsheim EG. The Vitreoscillaceae; a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:124-149.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Vitreoscilla Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pringsheim EG. The Vitreoscillaceae; a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:124-149.

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Record number: 64585

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