Guggenheimella Wyss et al. 2005
General information
Name
Guggenheimella
Valid publication
2005
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Guggenheimella
Nomenclature type
Guggenheimella bovis
Etymology
N.L. fem. dim. n. <i>Guggenheimella</i>, named after the Swiss microbiologist Bernhard Guggenheim, for his contributions to health research.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Obligately anaerobic, mesophilic, asaccharolytic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, short to coccoid rods. The cell-wall diamino acid is ornithine.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010010001 | Guggenheimella bovis | Species | 228924 |
References
1
Wyss, C., Dewhirst, F.E., Paster, B.J., Thurnheer, T., and Luginbuhl, A. Guggenheimella bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lesions of bovine dermatitis digitalis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:667-671.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63116-0]
[PMID:15774641]