Name: Clavibacter toxicus Riley and Ophel 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.xi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. toxicus, poison (sic)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49908; CIP 104617; CS14; DSM 7488; ICMP 9525; JCM 9669; NCPPB 3552

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D84127 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Riley IT, Ophel KM. Clavibacter toxicus sp. nov., the bacterium responsible for annual ryegrass toxicity in Australia. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:64-68.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rathayibacter toxicus (Riley and Ophel 1992) Sasaki et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rathayibacter toxicus (Riley and Ophel 1992) Sasaki et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Clavibacter toxicus 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 Clavibacter.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Clavibacter Davis et al. 1984

Assigned by: Riley IT, Ophel KM. Clavibacter toxicus sp. nov., the bacterium responsible for annual ryegrass toxicity in Australia. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:64-68.

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