Name DOI
10.1601/nm.507
Name
 Brooks and Murray 1981 emend. Rainey et al. 1997
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Brooks and Murray 1981 emend. Rainey et al. 1997
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 (Raj et al. 1960) Brooks and Murray 1981
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981 emend. Rainey et al. 1997
Nomenclatural History
The genus Deinococcus was originally proposed and validly published by Brooks and Murray 1981. Rainey et al. published an emended description of this genus in 1997. Rainey et al. transferred the members of Oyaizu et al. 1987 into this genus in 1997.
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981 emend. Rainey et al. 1997.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.507.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on April 11, 2018.

References

  1. Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:353-360. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-3-353.
  2. Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, da Costa MS. Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:510-514. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-2-510 [PubMed].