Name: "Achromobacter nematophilus" Poinar and Thomas 1965

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.ma.to’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. nematophilus, nematode-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ne-ma-TO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19061; CCUG 14189; DSM 3370; LMG 1036

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16S rRNA gene: FJ515824 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Poinar Jr. GO, Thomas GM. A new bacterium, Achromobacter nematophilus sp. nov. (Achromobacteriaceae: Eubacteriales) associated with a nematode. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:249-252.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Xenorhabdus nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xenorhabdus nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Parent taxon: "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Poinar Jr. GO, Thomas GM. A new bacterium, Achromobacter nematophilus sp. nov. (Achromobacteriaceae: Eubacteriales) associated with a nematode. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:249-252.

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Record number: 4388