Name: "Azotobacter agilis" Beijerinck 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-zo-to-BAK-ter A-gi-lis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 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". — 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.

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