Name: Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans (Christopher and Edgerton 1930) Baldani et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Phytomonas rubrisubalbicans" Christopher and Edgerton 1930

Etymology: ru.bri.sub.al’bi.cans. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. pres. part. subalbicans, somewhat white, whitish; N.L. neut. part. adj. rubrisubalbicans, red-whitish, referring to the symptoms of mottled stripe disease

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ru-bri-sub-AL-bi-kans, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19308; CCUG 17392; CCUG 17679; CFBP 1202; CIP 105019; DSM 11543; DSM 9440; ICMP 5777; JCM 21447; LMG 2286; NBRC 102523; NCPPB 1027

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF137508 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baldani JI, Pot B, Kirchhof G, Falsen E, Baldani VL, Olivares FL, Hoste B, Kersters K, Hartmann A, Gillis M, et al. Emended description of Herbaspirillum; inclusion of [Pseudomonas] rubrisubalbicans, a milk plant pathogen, as Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans comb. nov.; and classification of a group of clinical isolates (EF group 1) as Herbaspirillum species 3. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:802-810. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas rubrisubalbicans (Christopher and Edgerton 1930) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Phytomonas rubrisubalbicans" Christopher and Edgerton 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18021 (N = 19).
  • 😷 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 18 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Baldani JI, Pot B, Kirchhof G, Falsen E, Baldani VL, Olivares FL, Hoste B, Kersters K, Hartmann A, Gillis M, et al. Emended description of Herbaspirillum; inclusion of [Pseudomonas] rubrisubalbicans, a milk plant pathogen, as Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans comb. nov.; and classification of a group of clinical isolates (EF group 1) as Herbaspirillum species 3. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:802-810. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 776890