Species "Bacillus xerosis"

Name: "Bacillus xerosis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xer.o’sis. Gr. masc. adj. xêros, dry; N.L. gen. fem. n. xerosis, of xerosis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kser-O-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 373; CCUG 27544; CIP 100653; DSM 20743; IFO 16721; JCM 1971; NBRC 16721; NCTC 11861

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16S rRNA gene: X84446 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Corynebacterium xerosis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Corynebacterium xerosis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.

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Record number: 3927

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Species "Bacillus xerosis"