Erysipelotrichia Ludwig et al. 2010
General information
Name
Erysipelotrichia
Valid publication
2010
Effective publication
2009
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Erysipelotrichia
Nomenclature type
Erysipelotrichales
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Erysipelothrix</i>, type genus of the type order of the class; suff. -<i>ia</i>, ending proposed by Gibbons and Murray and by Stackebrandt et al. to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. <i>Erysipelotrichia</i>, the <i>Erysipelothrix</i> class.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The class Erysipelotrichia is circumscribed for this volume on the basis of the phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA sequences and includes only the order Erysipelotrichales and the family Erysipelotrichaceae. The description of the class is the same as the order.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Ludwig, W., Schleifer, K.H., and Whitman, W.B. Class III. Erysipelotrichia class nov. In: P. De Vos, G.M. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.H. Schleifer, and W.B. Whitman (eds): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York. (2009) p. 1298.
2
Validation List No. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:469-472.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.022855-0]