Name: Alcaligenes latus Palleroni and Palleroni 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’tus. L. masc. part. adj. latus, broad (also as adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29712; CIP 103458; DSM 1122; IAM 12599; LMG 3321; NBRC 102462

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16S rRNA gene: D88007 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Palleroni NJ, Palleroni AV. Alcaligenes latus, a new species of hydrogen-utilizing bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:416-424.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Azohydromonas lata (Palleroni and Palleroni 1978) Xie and Yokota 2005

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azohydromonas lata (Palleroni and Palleroni 1978) Xie and Yokota 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alcaligenes latus 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 = "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 42 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Palleroni NJ, Palleroni AV. Alcaligenes latus, a new species of hydrogen-utilizing bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:416-424.

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Record number: 773016