Species "Bacillus devorans"

Name: "Bacillus devorans" Zimmermann 1890

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.vo’rans L. part. adj. devorans, devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 16; ATCC 10829; CCUG 1819; DSM 30198; LMG 4017; NRRL B-54

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16S rRNA gene: HF558376 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zimmermann OER. Die Bakterien unserer Trink- und Nutzwässer, insbesondere des Wassers der Chemnitzer Wasserleitung. Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Chemnitz 1890; 11:54-154.

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

Correct name: Flavobacterium devorans (Zimmermann 1890) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudomonas paucimobilis Holmes et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Flavobacterium devorans (Zimmermann 1890) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Yabuuchi et al. (1979), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Tanimura E, Ohyama A, Yano I, Yamamoto A. Flavobacterium devorans ATCC 10829: A strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1979; 25:95-107.
- According to Yabuuchi et al. (1979), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas paucimobilis Holmes et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Tanimura E, Ohyama A, Yano I, Yamamoto A. Flavobacterium devorans ATCC 10829: A strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1979; 25:95-107.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zimmermann OER. Die Bakterien unserer Trink- und Nutzwässer, insbesondere des Wassers der Chemnitzer Wasserleitung. Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Chemnitz 1890; 11:54-154.

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Record number: 4090