Name: "Azotobacter lacticogenes" Kauffmann and Toussaint 1951

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ti.co’ge.nes. Gr. suff. -genes, forming; N.L. masc. part. adj. lacticogenes, lactic acid producing (which is an error, as acetic acid is produced)

Pronunciation, gender: lak-ti-KO-ge-nes, masculine

Original publication: Kauffmann J, Toussaint P. [A new nitrogen-fixating bacteria: Azotobacter lacticogenes]. C R Hebd Seances Acad Sci 1951; 233:710-711.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kauffmann J, Toussaint P. [A new nitrogen-fixating bacteria: Azotobacter lacticogenes]. C R Hebd Seances Acad Sci 1951; 233:710-711.

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Record number: 7174
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