Name: "Necrobacterium" Lahelle and Thjotta 1945

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Necrobacteri-), ne-kro-bak-TE-ri-um

Original publication: Lahelle O, Thjotta T. A systematic study of Fusobacterium and Necrobacterium (i. e. Actinomyces necrophorus, Nekrosebacillus Bang) as to their biological relationships and proposal of a new and adequate name for the latter. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1945; 22:310-322.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Necrobaclerium"; "Necrobacmrium"; "Necrobaczerium"; "Necrohacterium".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NCBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Parent taxon: [Bacteriaceae]

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Record number: 13982