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Genus Liberibacter
Name: Liberibacter Fagen et al. 2014
Etymology: Li.be.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. liber, free; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Liberibacter, free rod
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Liberibacter-), li-be-ri-BAK-ter
Type species: Liberibacter crescens Fagen et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Fagen JR, Leonard MT, Coyle JF, McCullough CM, Davis-Richardson AG, Davis MJ, Triplett EW. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2461-2466. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Liberbacter"; "Liberibacer"; "Liberibacfer"; "Liberibactor"; "Liberibater"; "Liberobater"; "Liherihacter".
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03650 (N = 22).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Liberibacter crescens Fagen et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fagen JR, Leonard MT, Coyle JF, McCullough CM, Davis-Richardson AG, Davis MJ, Triplett EW. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2461-2466.
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Record number: 517902
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