Name: Agrococcus citreus Wieser et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700859; CCM 4975; CIP 106287; D-1/1a; DSM 12453; JCM 12398

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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

Risk group: 1

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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