Name: Agrococcus versicolor Behrendt et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: wer-SI-ko-lor, 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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