Name: "Alcorniella cacticida" (Alcorn et al. 1991) Jonca et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erwinia cacticida Alcorn et al. 1991

Etymology: cac.ti.ci.da. L. masc. n. cactus, a prickly plant with edible stalks, a cactus; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. cacticida, a killer of cactus (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1-12; ATCC 49481; CFBP 3628; CIP 105191; DSM 21821; Dye EH-3; ICMP 11136; ICMP 1551-66; ICPB EC186; LMG 17936; NCPPB 3849

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ223409 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jonca J, Pirhonen M, Waleron MM, Gawor J, Mrozik A, Smoktunowicz M, Waleron K, Waleron M. Comprehensive phenomic and genomic studies of the species, Pectobacterium cacticida and proposal for reclassification as Alcorniella cacticida comb. nov. Front Plant Sci 2024; 15:1323790.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pectobacterium cacticida corrig. (Alcorn et al. 1991) Hauben et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pectobacterium cacticidum (Alcorn et al. 1991) Hauben et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Erwinia cacticida Alcorn et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pectobacterium cacticida corrig. (Alcorn et al. 1991) Hauben et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Alcorniella" Jonca et al. 2024. Publication: Jonca J, Pirhonen M, Waleron MM, Gawor J, Mrozik A, Smoktunowicz M, Waleron K, Waleron M. Comprehensive phenomic and genomic studies of the species, Pectobacterium cacticida and proposal for reclassification as Alcorniella cacticida comb. nov. Front Plant Sci 2024; 15:1323790.

Parent taxon: "Alcorniella" Jonca et al. 2024

Assigned by: Jonca J, Pirhonen M, Waleron MM, Gawor J, Mrozik A, Smoktunowicz M, Waleron K, Waleron M. Comprehensive phenomic and genomic studies of the species, Pectobacterium cacticida and proposal for reclassification as Alcorniella cacticida comb. nov. Front Plant Sci 2024; 15:1323790.

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Record number: 44958