Name: Cystobacter fuscus Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fus’cus. L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25194; DSM 2262

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP306730 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.

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Record number: 775372