Name DOI
10.1601/nm.4398
Name
 Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 (Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Nomenclatural History
The genus Megasphaera was originally proposed by Rogosa 1971. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Rogosa published an emended description of this genus in 1974. A subsequent emendation was proposed by Marchandin et al. in 2003.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2003.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4398.
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References

  1. Rogosa M. Transfer of Peptostreptococcus elsdenii Gutierrez et al. to a new genus, Megasphaera [M. elsdenii (Gutierrez et al) comb. nov.]. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:187-189. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-2-187.
  2. Marchandin H, Jumas-Bilak E, Gay B, Teyssier C, Jean-Pierre H, Simén de Buochberg M, Carrière C, Carlier JP. Phylogenetic analysis of some Sporomusa sub-branch members isolated from human clinical specimens: description of Megasphaera micronuciformis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:547-553. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02378-0 [PubMed].
  3. 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.
  4. Rogosa M. Genus III. Megasphaera Rogosa 1971, 187. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eighth Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 448-449.