Species Bacillus azotofixans

Name: Bacillus azotofixans Seldin et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zo.to.fi.xans. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; L. v. figo, to fix; L. part. adj. fixans, fixing; N.L. part. adj. azotofixans, nitrogen-fixing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35681; CIP 104586; DSM 5976; LMG 14658; P3L-5

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16S rRNA gene: X60608 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seldin L, Van Elsas JD, Penido EGC. Bacillus azotofixans sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species from Brazilian soils and grass roots. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:451-456.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paenibacillus azotofixans (Seldin et al. 1984) Ash et al. 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus azotofixans (Seldin et al. 1984) Ash et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Guella et al. (2019), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus durus corrig. (Smith and Cato 1974) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Guella F, Porto RZ, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, Passaglia LMP. Genomic metrics analyses indicate that Paenibacillus azotofixans is not a later synonym of Paenibacillus durus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2870-2876.
- According to Guella et al. (2019), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium durum Smith and Cato 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Guella F, Porto RZ, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, Passaglia LMP. Genomic metrics analyses indicate that Paenibacillus azotofixans is not a later synonym of Paenibacillus durus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2870-2876.
- According to Guella et al. (2019), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus durum (Smith and Cato 1974) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Guella F, Porto RZ, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, Passaglia LMP. Genomic metrics analyses indicate that Paenibacillus azotofixans is not a later synonym of Paenibacillus durus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2870-2876.
- According to Judicial-Commission (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus durus corrig. (Smith and Cato 1974) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Judicial C. Paenibacillus durus (Collins et al. 1994, formerly Clostridium durum Smith and Cato 1974) has priority over Paenibacillus azotofixans (Seldin et al. 1984). Opinion 73. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:931.
- According to Judicial-Commission (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium durum Smith and Cato 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Judicial C. Paenibacillus durus (Collins et al. 1994, formerly Clostridium durum Smith and Cato 1974) has priority over Paenibacillus azotofixans (Seldin et al. 1984). Opinion 73. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:931.
- According to Judicial-Commission (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus durum (Smith and Cato 1974) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Judicial C. Paenibacillus durus (Collins et al. 1994, formerly Clostridium durum Smith and Cato 1974) has priority over Paenibacillus azotofixans (Seldin et al. 1984). Opinion 73. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:931.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.
- Bacillus azotofixans is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Seldin L, Van Elsas JD, Penido EGC. Bacillus azotofixans sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species from Brazilian soils and grass roots. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:451-456.

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