Name: "Alcaligenes xylosoxydans" (Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Dewhirst et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Achromobacter xylosoxidans (ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Etymology: xy.los.o.xy.dans. N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. xylosoxydans, oxidizing xylose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27061; CCUG 12689; CIP 71.32; DSM 10346; DSM 2402; Hugh 2838; IFO 15126; JCM 9659; KM543; LMG 1863; NBRC 15126; NCTC 10807; NRRL B-4082; Yabuuchi KM 543

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16S rRNA gene: Y14908 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Bright PL. Chromobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella, Neisseria, Simonsiella, and Vitreoscilla species comprise a major branch of the beta group Proteobacteria by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence comparison: transfer of Eikenella and Simonsiella to the family Neisseriaceae (emend.). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:258-266.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Achromobacter xylosoxidans (ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Kiredjian et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Achromobacter xylosoxidans" Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alcaligenes denitrificans subsp. xylosoxydans (Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Kersters and De Ley 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Achromobacter xylosoxidans (ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Yabuuchi and Yano 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

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

Assigned by: Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Bright PL. Chromobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella, Neisseria, Simonsiella, and Vitreoscilla species comprise a major branch of the beta group Proteobacteria by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence comparison: transfer of Eikenella and Simonsiella to the family Neisseriaceae (emend.). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:258-266.

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Record number: 19294