Name: "Hydrogenomonas facilis" Schatz and Bovell 1952

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fa’ci.lis. L. fem. adj. facilis, easy, without difficulty

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11228; CFBP 2441; CFBP 3608; CIP 103302; DSM 649; LMG 2193; NRRL B-4274

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16S rRNA gene: AF078765 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Schatz A, Bovell CJ. Growth and hydrogenase activity of a new bacterium, Hydrogenomonas facilis. J Bacteriol 1952; 63:87-98.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Willems et al. 1990

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Willems et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudomonas facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — 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: "Hydrogenomonas" Orla-Jensen 1909

Assigned by: Schatz A, Bovell CJ. Growth and hydrogenase activity of a new bacterium, Hydrogenomonas facilis. J Bacteriol 1952; 63:87-98.

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Record number: 4287