Name: "Azotobacter agilis" Beijerinck 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’gi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. agilis, agile, motile

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 7494; DSM 375; JCM 21502; NBRC 102607

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681882 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Beijerinck MW. Über oligonitrophile Mikroben. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1901; 7:561-582.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Azomonas agilis (Beijerinck 1901) Winogradsky 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azomonas agilis (Beijerinck 1901) Winogradsky 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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".

Parent taxon: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW. Über oligonitrophile Mikroben. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1901; 7:561-582.

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Record number: 13866