Name: "Azotobacter indicum" Starkey and De 1939

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9039; Delft E.III.12.1.1; DSM 1715; HAMBI 2265; LMG 2817; NCCB 38007

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16S rRNA gene: M59060 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Starkey RL, De PK. A new species of Azotobacter. Soil Science 1939; 47:329-343.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Beijerinckia indica (Starkey and De 1939) Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Beijerinckia indica (Starkey and De 1939) Derx 1950 (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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No".

Parent taxon: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Starkey RL, De PK. A new species of Azotobacter. Soil Science 1939; 47:329-343.

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Record number: 4223