Species Corynebacterium betae

Name: Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.tae. L. gen. fem. n. betae, of the beet

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 374; LMG 3596; NCPPB 374

16S rRNA gene: AF348974 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Keyworth WG, Howell JTS, Dowson WJ. Corynebacterium betae (sp. nov.) The causal organism of silvering disease of red beet. Plant Pathology 1956; 5:88-90.

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: synonym

Correct name: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Phytomonas poinsettiae" Starr and Pirone 1942	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. oortii (Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Corynebacterium oortii Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922. Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.
- According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.
- According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984. Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Reclassification of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium oortii and Corynebacterium poinsettiae in the genus Curtobacterium, as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:3545-3548.
- Corynebacterium betae is the correct name 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 Corynebacterium.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2".

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

Assigned by: Keyworth WG, Howell JTS, Dowson WJ. Corynebacterium betae (sp. nov.) The causal organism of silvering disease of red beet. Plant Pathology 1956; 5:88-90.

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Record number: 775162