Species "Bacillus agglomerans"

Name: "Bacillus agglomerans" Beijerinck 1888

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag.glo’me.rans. L. masc. part. adj. agglomerans, forming aggregations, in reference to the grouping of bacteria observed in the host cytoplasm

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ag-GLO-me-rans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27155; CCUG 539; CDC 1461-67; CFBP 3845; CIP 57.51; DSM 3493; ICMP 12534; ICPB 3435; JCM 1236; LMG 1286; NBRC 102470; NCTC 9381

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16S rRNA gene: AJ251466 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Beijerinck MW. Cultur des Bacillus radicola aus den Knöllchen. Bot. Ztg. 1888; 46:740-750.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pantoea agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Gavini et al. 1989

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus milletiae" Kawakami and Yoshida 1920	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Pantoea agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Gavini et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Erwinia milletiae (Kawakami and Yoshida 1920) Magrou 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Erwinia herbicola (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacterium herbicola" Löhnis 1911	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium herbicola" Löhnis 1911. Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88. 🇫🇷
- ⏰ According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus milletiae" Kawakami and Yoshida 1920. Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88. 🇫🇷
- ⏰ According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Erwinia herbicola (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88. 🇫🇷
- ⏰ According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Erwinia milletiae (Kawakami and Yoshida 1920) Magrou 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW. Cultur des Bacillus radicola aus den Knöllchen. Bot. Ztg. 1888; 46:740-750.

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Species "Bacillus agglomerans"