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

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 42 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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