Name: Deinobacter grandis Oyaizu et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc./fem. adj. grandis, large

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC 43672; DSM 3963; HAMBI 2161; IAM 13005; JCM 6269; KS 0485; NBRC 101905

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16S rRNA gene: Y11329 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oyaizu H, Stackebrandt E, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Pohla H, Ito H, Hirata A, Oyaizu Y, Komagata K. A radiation-resistant rod-shaped bacterium, Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with peptidoglycan containing ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:62-67.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Deinococcus grandis (Oyaizu et al. 1987) Rainey et al. 1997

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deinococcus grandis (Oyaizu et al. 1987) Rainey et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinobacter Oyaizu et al. 1987. Publication: Oyaizu H, Stackebrandt E, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Pohla H, Ito H, Hirata A, Oyaizu Y, Komagata K. A radiation-resistant rod-shaped bacterium, Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with peptidoglycan containing ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:62-67.
  • On page 66, the type strain is erroneously cited as IAM 13004.

Parent taxon: Deinobacter Oyaizu et al. 1987

Assigned by: Oyaizu H, Stackebrandt E, Schleifer KH, Ludwig W, Pohla H, Ito H, Hirata A, Oyaizu Y, Komagata K. A radiation-resistant rod-shaped bacterium, Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with peptidoglycan containing ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:62-67.

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