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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Achromobacter cholinophagum"

Name: "Achromobacter cholinophagum" Shieh 1964

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cho.li.no’pha.gum. Gr. neut. adj. suff. -phagon; N.L. neut. adj. cholinophagum, sic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-khro-mo-BAK-ter kho-li-NO-pha-gum, masculine

Original publication: Shieh HS. AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF CHOLINE. I. FERMENTATION OF CHOLINE BY A MARINE BACTERIUM, ACHROMOBACTER CHOLINOPHAGUM N. SP. Can J Microbiol 1964; 10:837-842.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Shieh HS. AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF CHOLINE. I. FERMENTATION OF CHOLINE BY A MARINE BACTERIUM, ACHROMOBACTER CHOLINOPHAGUM N. SP. Can J Microbiol 1964; 10:837-842.

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Record number: 3589

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