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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Corynebacterium autotrophicum"

Name: "Corynebacterium autotrophicum" Baumgarten et al. 1974

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc. pron. autos, by oneself, unaided; Gr. fem. n. trophê, nutrition; N.L. neut. adj. autotrophicum, able to grow with carbon dioxide as sole carbon source

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-to-TRO-phi-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 7c; ATCC 35674; BCRC 12235; CCRC 12235; CIP 105431; DSM 432; IAM 12579; IAM 12636; JCM 1202; LMG 7043; NBRC 102463; NRRL B-14836

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Original publication: Baumgarten J, Reh M, Schlegel HG. Taxonomic studies on some Gram-positive coryneform hydrogen bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 1974; 100:207-217.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Xanthobacter autotrophicus (Baumgarten et al. 1974) Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baumgarten J, Reh M, Schlegel HG. Taxonomic studies on some Gram-positive coryneform hydrogen bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 1974; 100:207-217.

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Record number: 4239
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