Name DOI
10.1601/nm.1846
Name
 (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (=)
Proper Form
Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997
Nomenclatural History
This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 61 in 1997. The species Leptothrix discophora was originally described by Schwers 1912. It pre-dated the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names but was excluded from those lists. In 1996 the name was revived by Spring et al..
Citation
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Name Abstract for Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1846.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on April 9, 2010.

References

  1. Schwers H. Megalothrix discophora, eine neue Eisenbakterie. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1912; 33:273-276.
  2. List Editor. Validation List no. 61. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-2-601.
  3. Spring S, Kampfer P, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Polyphasic characterization of the genus Leptothrix: new descriptions of Leptothrix mobilis sp. nov., and Leptothrix discophora sp. nov. nom. rev. and emended description of Leptothrix cholodnii emend. Syst Appl Microbiol 1996; 19:634-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80036-1.
  4. Carlile MJ, Dudeney AWL. The discs of Leptothrix discophora: lost for 89 years?. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiya) 2001; 147:1393-1394.