Species "Flavobacterium piscicida"

Name: "Flavobacterium piscicida" Bein 1954

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pis.ci.ci’da. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, killer; from L. inf. v. caedere, to kill; N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish-killer, causing fish mortality (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: pis-ki-KI-da, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15057; CIP 103300; JCM 20779; NBRC 103038; NRRL B-3099

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16S rRNA gene: AB681918 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bein NN. [Title pending]. Bulletin of Marine Sciences of the Gulf and Caribbean 1954; 4:110.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas piscicida (ex Bein 1954) Gauthier et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudoalteromonas piscicida (ex Bein 1954) Gauthier et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Pseudomonas piscicida" (Bein 1954) Buck et al. 1963	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bein NN. [Title pending]. Bulletin of Marine Sciences of the Gulf and Caribbean 1954; 4:110.

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Record number: 67735

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Species "Flavobacterium piscicida"