Species Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens

Name: Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922

Etymology: flac.cum.fa.ci.ens. L. adj. flaccus, flabby; L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. part. adj. flaccumfaciens, wilt-making

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 107085; ICMP 2584; JCM 9670; LMG 3645; NCPPB 1446

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ312209 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dowson WJ. On the generic name of the gram-positive bacterial plant pathogens. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 1942; 25:311-314.

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
Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	heterotypic 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	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Collins and Jones (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Phytomonas poinsettiae" Starr and Pirone 1942. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 (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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium oortii Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969 (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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948 (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.
- Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens 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 Corynebacterium.
- 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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned subspecies
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. oortii (Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Dowson WJ. On the generic name of the gram-positive bacterial plant pathogens. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 1942; 25:311-314.

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