Name: Erwinia nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Dye 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Erwinia nimipressuralis" Carter 1945

Etymology: ni.mi.pres.su.ra’lis. L. adv. nimis, overmuch; L. fem. n. pressura, pressure; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. nimipressuralis, pertaining to excessive pressure, with excessive pressure

Pronunciation, gender: ni-mi-pres-su-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 9912; CIP 104980; ICMP 1577; JCM 6050; NCPPB 2045

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16S rRNA gene: Z96077 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. IV. "Atypical" erwinias. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:833-839.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Lelliottia nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Brady et al. 2013

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Erwinia nimipressuralis" Carter 1945	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Lelliottia nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Brady et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Enterobacter nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Brenner et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Erwinia nimipressuralis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Erwinia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 In the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology eight edition, and in the first edition of the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (first edition), this taxon is cited as Erwinia nimipressuralis Carter 1945. Publication: Carter JC. Wetwood of elms. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 1945; 23:407-448.

Parent taxon: Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. IV. "Atypical" erwinias. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:833-839.

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Record number: 783798