Name: Agrobacterium stellulatum (ex Stapp and Knösel 1954) Rüger and Höfle 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: stel.lu.la.tum. N.L. neut. adj. stellulatum, starry, here star-shaped

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15215; CIP 105977; DSM 5886; IAM 12621; IFO 15764; JCM 20692; NBRC 15764

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16S rRNA gene: AB680962 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ruger HJ, Hofle MG. Marine star-shaped-aggregate-forming bacteria: Agrobacterium atlanticum sp. nov.; Agrobacterium meteori sp. nov.; Agrobacterium ferrugineum sp. nov., nom. rev.; Agrobacterium gelatinovorum sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Agrobacterium stellulatum sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:133-143.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Stappia stellulata (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Stapp and Knösel 1954) Uchino et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stappia stellulata (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Stapp and Knösel 1954) Uchino et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Agrobacterium stellulatum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Agrobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Agrobacterium Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ruger HJ, Hofle MG. Marine star-shaped-aggregate-forming bacteria: Agrobacterium atlanticum sp. nov.; Agrobacterium meteori sp. nov.; Agrobacterium ferrugineum sp. nov., nom. rev.; Agrobacterium gelatinovorum sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Agrobacterium stellulatum sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:133-143.

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Record number: 772962