Name: Dickeya fangzhongdai Tian et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fangz.hong’da.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. fangzhongdai, named in honour of Professor Zhongda Fang (1916-1999), a well-known bacteriologist and the founder of phytobacteriology in China

Pronunciation, gender: fan͡gz-HON͡G-da-i, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15464; DSM 101947; JS5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT992690 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tian Y, Zhao Y, Yuan X, Yi J, Fan J, Xu Z, Hu B, De Boer SH, Li X. Dickeyafangzhongdai sp. nov., a plant-pathogenic bacterium isolated from pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2831-2835.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Dickeya Samson et al. 2005

Assigned by: Tian Y, Zhao Y, Yuan X, Yi J, Fan J, Xu Z, Hu B, De Boer SH, Li X. Dickeyafangzhongdai sp. nov., a plant-pathogenic bacterium isolated from pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2831-2835.

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Record number: 794369