
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.572
Name	Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Flavilitoribacter nigricans
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.572
Type Strain representative organism	SS-2^T (=DSM 23189 =NBRC 102662 =NCIMB 1420 =ATCC 23147)


Proper Form	Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Herpetosiphon nigricans was originally described by Lewin 1970. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1998, Sly et al. established Herpetosiphon nigricans as the basonym of Lewinella nigricans (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998 emend. Khan et al. 2007 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.572.
Source File	10.1601/nm.572.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 14, 2009.

References

Lewin RA. New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:517-520. [PubMed].
Sly LI, Taghavi M, Fegan M. Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Herpetosiphon: transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen. nov. in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:731-737. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-731 [PubMed].
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.