Species "Bacillus morganii"

Name: "Bacillus morganii" corrig. Winslow et al. 1919

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mor.ga’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. morganii, of Morgan, named after H. de R. Morgan, a British bacteriologist who first studied the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus mor-GA-ni-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25830; ATCC 8076-H; CCUG 6328; CIP 103763; CIP A231; DSM 30164; IFO 3848; JCM 1672; LMG 7874; NBIMCC 1392; NBRC 3848; NCCB 73065; NCTC 235

16S rRNA gene: AJ301681 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Winslow CE, Kligler IJ, Rothberg W. Studies on the Classification of the Colon-Typhoid Group of Bacteria with Special Reference to their Fermentative Reactions. J Bacteriol 1919; 4:429-503.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Morganella morganii (Winslow et al. 1919) Fulton 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Winslow CE, Kligler IJ, Rothberg W. Studies on the Classification of the Colon-Typhoid Group of Bacteria with Special Reference to their Fermentative Reactions. J Bacteriol 1919; 4:429-503.

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Record number: 73150

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