Name: Alcaligenes cupidus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.pi.dus. L. masc. adj. cupidus, desiring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 79; ATCC 27124; CCUG 16075; CIP 103199; DSM 4740; JCM 20632; LMG 3448; NBRC 102219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681733 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Baumann L, Baumann P, Mandel M, Allen RD. Taxonomy of aerobic marine eubacteria. J Bacteriol 1972; 110:402-429.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halomonas cupida (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deleya cupida (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas cupida (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alcaligenes cupidus 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 Alcaligenes.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Deleya cupida: 1 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 = 2. — 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: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baumann L, Baumann P, Mandel M, Allen RD. Taxonomy of aerobic marine eubacteria. J Bacteriol 1972; 110:402-429.

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Record number: 773005