Name: Beijerinckia indica (Starkey and De 1939) Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Azotobacter indicum" Starkey and De 1939

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, Indian, pertaining to India

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: be͡i-je-RINK-ki-a IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 9039; Delft E.III.12.1.1; DSM 1715; HAMBI 2265; LMG 2817; NCCB 38007

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59060 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Derx HG. Beijerinckia, a new genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria occurring in tropical soils. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Series C 1950; 53:140-147.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Azotobacter indicum" Starkey and De 1939	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Derx HG. Beijerinckia, a new genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria occurring in tropical soils. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Series C 1950; 53:140-147.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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 indica subsp. indica (Starkey and De 1939) Thompson and Skerman 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Beijerinckia indica subsp. lacticogenes Thompson and Skerman 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Derx HG. Beijerinckia, a new genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria occurring in tropical soils. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Series C 1950; 53:140-147.

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