Name: Agrobacterium larrymoorei Bouzar and Jones 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lar.ry.moore’i M.L. gen. larrymoorei, of Larry Moore, renowned plant pathologist who spent his career studying the genus Agrobacterium

Type strains: 3-10; ATCC 51759; CFBP 5473; ICMP 14256; NCPPB 4096

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16S rRNA gene accession number: Z30542

Valid publication: Bouzar H, Jones JB. Agrobacterium larrymoorei sp. nov., a pathogen isolated from aerial tumours of Ficus benjamina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1023-1026.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium larrymoorei (Bouzar and Jones 2001) Young 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p".

Parent taxon: Agrobacterium Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bouzar H, Jones JB. Agrobacterium larrymoorei sp. nov., a pathogen isolated from aerial tumours of Ficus benjamina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1023-1026.

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