Species "Bacterium beteli"

Name: "Bacterium beteli" corrig. Ragunathan 1928

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19861; CFBP 4337; DSM 21257; ICMP 2820; LMG 978; NCPPB 323

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16S rRNA gene: AB021406 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ragunathan C. Bacterial leaf spot of betel. Annals of the Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, Ceylon 1928; 11:51-61.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Stenotrophomonas beteli (Ragunathan 1928) Nguyen et al. 2024

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudomonas betle (Ragunathan 1928) Savulescu 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Stenotrophomonas beteli (Ragunathan 1928) Nguyen et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacterium betle" Ragunathan 1928	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Pseudomonas beteli corrig. (Ragunathan 1928) Savulescu 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas maltophilia (ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Hugh 1981 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369. 🇧🇪
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981 ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Palleroni and Bradbury 1993 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369. 🇧🇪
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Xanthomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981 ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Swings et al. 1983 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369. 🇧🇪

Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831

Assigned by: Ragunathan C. Bacterial leaf spot of betel. Annals of the Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, Ceylon 1928; 11:51-61.

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Record number: 73172

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