Name: "Aerobacter liquefaciens" Grimes and Hennerty 1931

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27592; CCUG 9285; CIP 103238; DSM 4487; JCM 1245; LMG 7884; NCTC 12962; NCTC 13756

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16S rRNA gene: AB004752 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Grimes M, Hennerty PJ. A study of bacteria belonging to the sub-genus Aerobacter. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Society Dublin 1931; 20:89-97.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty 1931) Bascomb et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty 1931) Bascomb et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: 1 - 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.

Parent taxon: [Aerobacter]

Assigned by: Grimes M, Hennerty PJ. A study of bacteria belonging to the sub-genus Aerobacter. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Society Dublin 1931; 20:89-97.

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Record number: 4381