Name: Blastobacter capsulatus Hirsch and Müller 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.su.la’tus. L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. masc. adj. suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. masc. adj. capsulatus, with a chest, capsulated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43294; DSM 1112; DSM 112; IFAM 1004; Muller 216; Müller 216; Strain Miiller 216; VKM B-2063

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16S rRNA gene: X73042 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hirsch P, Müller M. Blastobacter aggregatus sp. nov., Blastobacter capsulatus sp. nov., and Blastobacter denitrificans sp. nov., new budding bacteria from freshwater habitats. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:281-286.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pararhizobium capsulatum (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Mousavi et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pararhizobium capsulatum (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Mousavi et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Blastobacter capsulatus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Blastobacter.
  • 😷 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 On the Validation List no. 20, the type strain DSM 1112 is incorrectly cited as DSM 112. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:206.

Parent taxon: Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hirsch P, Müller M. Blastobacter aggregatus sp. nov., Blastobacter capsulatus sp. nov., and Blastobacter denitrificans sp. nov., new budding bacteria from freshwater habitats. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:281-286.

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