Species "Bacillus punctatus"

Name: "Bacillus punctatus" Zimmermann 1890

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: punc.ta’tus. N.L. masc. adj. punctatus, pointed

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15468; CCUG 25939; DSM 7323

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16S rRNA gene: X60408 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Pseudomonas caviae" Scherago 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, distinct rank

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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: 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: 4330

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Species "Bacillus punctatus"