Name: Caryophanon latum Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’tum. L. neut. part. adj. latum, broad (also as adjective)

Pronunciation, gender: LA-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33407; DSM 14151; DSM 14843; LMG 17312; NCIB 9533; NCIMB 9533; VKM B-105

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16S rRNA gene: AJ491302 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Peshkoff MA. Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes, Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1939; 25:239-242.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caryophanon Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Peshkoff MA. Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes, Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1939; 25:239-242.
  • 😷 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. — 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 32 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Caryophanon Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Peshkoff MA. Cytology, karyology and cycle of development of new microbes, Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenue. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1939; 25:239-242.

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Record number: 774491