Name: "Aerobacter liquefaciens" Grimes and Hennerty 1931

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 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".

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