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Genus Ignavigranum
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Ignavigranum Collins et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ignavigranum ruoffiae Collins et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. adj. ignavus, lazy, non-reacting; L. neut. n. granum, grain, kernel; N.L. neut. n. Ignavigranum, lazy grain.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), MONASTERIO (R.), FALSEN (E.), SJÖDÉN (B.) and FACKLAM (R.R.): Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 97-101.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ignavigranum ruoffiae Collins et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) 1607-97 = ATCC 700630= CCUG 37658 = CIP 105896.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y16426.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. ruoffiae, of Ruoff, named after Kathryn L. Ruoff, an American microbiologist.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), MONASTERIO (R.), FALSEN (E.), SJÖDÉN (B.) and FACKLAM (R.R.): Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 97-101.
Original article in IJSEM Online