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Species Agrococcus citreus
Name: Agrococcus citreus Wieser et al. 1999
Etymology: ci’tre.us. L. masc. adj. citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree, intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation
Pronunciation, gender: KI-tre-us, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 700859; CCM 4975; CIP 106287; D-1/1a; DSM 12453; JCM 12398
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB279547
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wieser M, Schumann P, Martin K, Altenburger P, Burghardt J, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Agrococcus citreus sp. nov., isolated from a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1165-1170. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
Parent taxon: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996
Assigned by:
Wieser M, Schumann P, Martin K, Altenburger P, Burghardt J, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Agrococcus citreus sp. nov., isolated from a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1165-1170.
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Record number: 772967
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