Name: Aquaspirillum autotrophicum Aragno and Schlegel 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending; N.L. neut. adj. autotrophicum, self-nursing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29984; CCUG 12808; DSM 732; IAM 14942; IFO 15327; JCM 21424; LMG 4326; NBRC 15327; VKM B-1394

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16S rRNA gene: AB074524 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Aragno M, Schlegel HG. Aquaspirillum autotrophicum, a new species of hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively autotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:112-116.

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: Herbaspirillum autotrophicum (Aragno and Schlegel 1978) Ding and Yokota 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herbaspirillum autotrophicum (Aragno and Schlegel 1978) Ding and Yokota 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aquaspirillum autotrophicum 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 Aquaspirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aragno M, Schlegel HG. Aquaspirillum autotrophicum, a new species of hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively autotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:112-116.

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Record number: 773320