Name: Bacterionema Gilmour et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Bacterionema, a thread-shaped (long) rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Bacterionemat-)

Type species: Bacterionema matruchotii (Mendel 1919) Gilmour et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Gilmour MN, Howell AJ, Bibby BG. The classification of organisms termed Leptotrichia (Leptothrix) buccalis. I. Review of the literature and proposed separation into Leptotrichia buccalis Trevisan, 1879 and Bacterionema gen. nov., B. matruchotti (Mendel, 1919) comb. nov. Bacteriol Rev 1961; 25:131-141.

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: synonym

Correct name: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gilmour MN, Howell AJ, Bibby BG. The classification of organisms termed Leptotrichia (Leptothrix) buccalis. I. Review of the literature and proposed separation into Leptotrichia buccalis Trevisan, 1879 and Bacterionema gen. nov., B. matruchotti (Mendel, 1919) comb. nov. Bacteriol Rev 1961; 25:131-141.

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Record number: 515218
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