Name: "Aerobacter diversum" Burkey 1928

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation, gender: di-WER-sum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27156; CDC 3613-63; JCM 1659; LMG 5741

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16S rRNA gene: AF025372 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Burkey LA. The fermentation of corn-stalks and their constituents. I. Studies on the pectin-fermenting bacteria. Iowa State College Journal of Science 1928; 3:57-100.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Citrobacter koseri Frederiksen 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Citrobacter koseri Frederiksen 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Citrobacter diversus corrig. (Burkey 1928) Werkman and Gillen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Levinea malonatica Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Citrobacter diversum (Burkey 1928) Werkman and Gillen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and rejected

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Frederiksen (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Citrobacter koseri Frederiksen 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Frederiksen W. Correct names of the species Citrobacter koseri, Levinea malonatica, and Citrobacter diversus. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:107-108.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Davis and Ewing (1964) have found representatives of this genus to be capable of hydrolyzing triacetin. Publication: Davis BR, Ewing WH. LIPOLYTIC, PECTOLYTIC, AND ALGINOLYTIC ACTIVITIES OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:16-19.

Parent taxon: "Aerobacter" Beijerinck 1900

Assigned by: Burkey LA. The fermentation of corn-stalks and their constituents. I. Studies on the pectin-fermenting bacteria. Iowa State College Journal of Science 1928; 3:57-100.

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Record number: 4346