Species "Bacillus necrophorus"

Name: "Bacillus necrophorus" Flügge 1886

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ne-KRO-p^ho-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25286; CCUG 9994; CIP 104559; DSM 19788; DSM 21784; JCM 3718; NCTC 13726; VPI 2891

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16S rRNA gene: AB849121 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Fusobacterium necrophorum (Flügge 1886) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fusobacterium necrophorum (Flügge 1886) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp. funduliforme (ex Hallé 1898) Shinjo et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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Record number: 4213

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