Species ***Corynebacterium* *beticola***

Name: Corynebacterium beticola Abdou 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.ti’co.la. Gr. neut. n. bêta, the beet (indeclinable); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. beticola, beet-dweller (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: be-TI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: LMG 7187; NCPPB 2256; NCPPB 3128

Effective publication: Abdou MA-F. Über eine neue Art eines laevanbildenden Bakteriums aus Zuckerrüben, Corynebacterium beticola. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 1969; 66:147-167.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "p". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 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. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 The results of morphological, physiological and chemical studies indicate that the type strain of Corynebacterium beticola Abdou 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) is a Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium which would be assigned to the genus Erwinia as Erwinia herbicola (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). According to Rule 37a (1) the name Corynebacterium beticola must be changed to Erwinia herbicola [now Pantoea agglomerans (Ewing and Fife 1972) Gavini et al. 1989]. However, this change has not been validly published. Publication: Collins MD, Jones D. Taxonomic studies on Corynebacterium beticola (Abdou). J. Appl. Bacteriol. 1982; 52:229-233.

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

Assigned by: Abdou MA-F. Über eine neue Art eines laevanbildenden Bakteriums aus Zuckerrüben, Corynebacterium beticola. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 1969; 66:147-167.

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Record number: 775163

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Species Corynebacterium beticola

Species ***Corynebacterium* *beticola***