Dendrosporobacter

Dendrosporobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[1] Members of the class Negativicutes, stain gram negative, despite being firmicutes

Dendrosporobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Negativicutes
Order:
Selenomonadales
Family:
Sporomusaceae
Genus:
Dendrosporobacter

Strömpl et al. 2000
Type species
Dendrosporobacter quercicolus
(Stankewich et al. 1971) Strompl et al. 2000
Species
  • D. quercicolus
Synonyms

Clostridium quercicolum Stankewich et al. 1971

Etymology

The name Dendrosporobacter derives from:
Greek noun dendron, tree; Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed, and in biology a spore; New Latin noun, a rod bacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod, staff; New Latin masculine gender noun Dendrosporobacter, a spore-bearing rod from a tree.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely D. quercicolus ( (Stankewich et al. 1971) Strömpl et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun quercus, oak; New Latin masculine gender adjective quercicolus, intended to mean associated with oak trees).[3]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Dendrosporobacter entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. "Reclassification of Clostridium quercicolum as Dendrosporobacter quercicolus gen. nov., comb. Nov -- Strompl et al. 50 (1): 101 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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