Name: Iodobacter fluviatilis corrig. (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chromobacterium fluviatile Moss et al. 1981

Etymology: flu.vi.a’ti.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. fluviatilis, of or belonging to a river

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 165; ATCC 33051; CCUG 30103; CIP 103351; DSM 3764; JCM 9044; LMG 6630; Logan C009; NBRC 102505; NCTC 11159

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16S rRNA gene: AB681839 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Logan NA. Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:450-456.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chromobacterium fluviatile Moss et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Iodobacter fluviatile (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Iodobacter Logan 1989. Publication: Logan NA. Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:450-456.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:585; Iodobacter fluviatile (sic). Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Iodobacter fluviatile (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.

Parent taxon: Iodobacter Logan 1989

Assigned by: Logan NA. Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:450-456.

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