Name: "Hydrogenomonas ruhlandii" Packer and Vishniac 1955

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ruh.lan’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ruhlandii, referring to Ruhland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hy-dro-ge-NO-mo-nas ruh-LAN-di-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15749; CCUG 38886; CIP 77.26; DSM 653; LMG 1866; VKM B-1333

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Original publication: Packer L, Vishniac W. Chemosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide and characteristics of hydrogenase in resting cell suspensions of Hydrogenomonas ruhlandii nov. spec. J Bacteriol 1955; 70:216-223.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Yabuuchi et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Aragno and Schlegel 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Yabuuchi et al. 1998	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: Packer L, Vishniac W. Chemosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide and characteristics of hydrogenase in resting cell suspensions of Hydrogenomonas ruhlandii nov. spec. J Bacteriol 1955; 70:216-223.

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Record number: 4274