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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Acetobacter acidummucosum"

Name: "Acetobacter acidummucosum" Tosic and Walker 1950

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. adj. mucosum, slimy; N.L. neut. adj. acidummucosum

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: Figure 1-3 in Plate 1

Original publication: Tosic J, Walker TK. Acetobacter acidum-mucosum Tosic & Walker, n.sp., an organism forming a starch-like polysaccharide. J Gen Microbiol 1950; 4:192-197.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tosic J, Walker TK. Acetobacter acidum-mucosum Tosic & Walker, n.sp., an organism forming a starch-like polysaccharide. J Gen Microbiol 1950; 4:192-197.

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Record number: 2892

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