Beggiatoa Trevisan, 1842
Lectotype species: Beggiatoa alba (Vaucher) Trevisan
Publication details: Trevisan, 1842: 56
Original publication: Trevisan, V.B.A. (1842). Prospetto della Flora Euganea. pp. 67, Errata. Padova: Tipi del Seminario.
Request PDFType designated in: Buchanan, R.E. (1918). Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: IX. The Subgroups and Genera of the Thiobacteriales. Journal of Bacteriology 3(5): 461-474.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-11-25 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V. & Sneath, P.H.A. (1980). Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. International Journal of Systematic Microbiology 30(1): 225-420.
Nomenclatural notes
A thiotrichaceous genus, included here since it was considered a colourless chlorophycean. According to ING, this is a conserved name in the Bacteria and is not be affected by the Later Starting Point provision in Art. 13 (see also Art 45, Ex. 3). - (12 September 2016) - M.D. Guiry
Only two species were validly published and are current in modern literature: B. leptomitoformis and the type. Other names, as those of Winogradsky, ocasionally found in, mainly, floristic works, have been rejected previously as uncertain taxa or synonyms of B. alba. - (24 July 2022) - E.A. Molinari Novoa
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