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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Curtobacterium poinsettiae"

Name: "Curtobacterium poinsettiae" (Starr and Pirone 1942) Yamada and Komagata 1972

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: poin.set’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. poinsettiae, of Poinsettia, a genus of flowering plants

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Yamada K, Komagata K. Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1972; 18:417-431.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yamada K, Komagata K. Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1972; 18:417-431.

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Record number: 53135
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