Name: Beijerinckia derxii Tchan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. derxii, of Derx, named after H.G. Derx, the Dutch microbiologist (1894-1953)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACM 1968; ATCC 49361; DSM 2328; LMG 3899; Q13 of Tchan; UQM 1968

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16S rRNA gene: AB119198 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tchan YT. Studies of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. VI. A new species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society New South Wales 1957; 82:314-316.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Beijerinckia derxii subsp. derxii (Tchan 1957) Thompson and Skerman 1981	validly published	correct name
    Beijerinckia derxii subsp. venezuelae corrig. Thompson and Skerman 1981	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tchan YT. Studies of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. VI. A new species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society New South Wales 1957; 82:314-316.

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Record number: 783497