Species "Corynebacterium ureafaciens"

Name: "Corynebacterium ureafaciens" Krebs and Eggleston 1939

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.re.a.fa’ci.ens. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; L. v. facio, to make, to produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. ureafaciens, urea-producing [probably better: ureifaciens]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-re-a-FA-ki-ens, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 7562; CIP 67.3; DSM 20126; IFO 12140; JCM 1337; LMG 3812; NBRC 12140; VKM Ac-1121

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16S rRNA gene: X80744 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Krebs HA, Eggleston LV. Bacterial urea formation (Metabolism of Corynebacterium ureafaciens). Enzymologia 1939; 7:310-320.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Busse 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Arthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Clark 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Busse 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Krebs HA, Eggleston LV. Bacterial urea formation (Metabolism of Corynebacterium ureafaciens). Enzymologia 1939; 7:310-320.

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Record number: 3967

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Species "Corynebacterium ureafaciens"