Name DOI
10.1601/nm.2290
Name
 Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980)
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015
Nomenclatural History
The genus Leucothrix was originally proposed by Oersted 1844. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Brock published an emended description of this genus in 1974. A subsequent emendation was proposed by Zhang et al. in 2015.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2290.
Source File
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References

  1. Oersted AS. "Dissertation: De Regionibus marinis. Elementa Topographiae Historiconaturalis Freti Oeresund." University of Copenhagen, 1844, p. 1-88.
  2. Zhang Z, Gao X, Wang L, Zhang X-H. Leucothrix pacifica sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Leucothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2397-2402. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000270 [PubMed].
  3. Brock TD. Genus I. Leucothrix Oersted 1844, 44. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eighth Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 118-119.
  4. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.