Name: "Achromobacter aquamarinus" ZoBell and Upham 1944

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua.ma.ri.nus. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus -a -um, of the sea, marine; N.L. masc. adj. aquamarinus, pertaining to seawater [probably better: aquimarinus]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 558; ATCC 14400; CCUG 16157; CIP 105454; DSM 30161; IAM 12550; LMG 2853; NCIB 557; NCIMB 557; NCMB 557; ZoBell and Upham 558

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16S rRNA gene: AJ306888 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Halomonas aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deleya aesta (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alcaligenes aquamarinus (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Hendrie et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deleya aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Akagawa and Yamasato 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari Austin et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Alcaligenes aestus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Tindall (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Alcaligenes aestus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. The nomenclatural type of the genus Deleya and the consequences of Deleya aesta and Alcaligenes aquamarinus being synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1699-1700.
  • According to Tindall (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Deleya aesta (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983. Publication: Tindall BJ. The nomenclatural type of the genus Deleya and the consequences of Deleya aesta and Alcaligenes aquamarinus being synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1699-1700.

Parent taxon: Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Assigned by: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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Record number: 4275