Name: Agrococcus versicolor Behrendt et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ver.si’co.lor. L. adj. versicolor, colour changing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19812; JCM 16026; K 114/01; LMG 24386

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16S rRNA gene: AM940157 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Ulrich A. Agrococcus versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of potato plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2833-2838.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996

Assigned by: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Ulrich A. Agrococcus versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of potato plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2833-2838.

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Record number: 786859