Name: Azomonas insignis (Derx 1951) Jensen 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Azotobacter insigne" Derx 1951

Etymology: in.si’gnis. L. fem. adj. insignis, distinguished by a mark, remarkable

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-SI-n͡gnis, feminine

Type strain: UQM 1966

Effective publication: Jensen V. The Azotobacter-flora of some Danish watercourses. Botanisk Tidsskrift 1955; 52:143-157.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Azotobacter insigne" Derx 1951	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. ACM no longer operating.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The type strain is not available in any known culture collection. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2012-03-04.

Parent taxon: Azomonas Winogradsky 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jensen V. The Azotobacter-flora of some Danish watercourses. Botanisk Tidsskrift 1955; 52:143-157.

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Record number: 773583