Name: Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum Lincoln et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ci.dam.no.sum. L. neut. n. agaricum, larch fungus, tinder fungus, intended to mean mushroom; L. adj. damnosus -a -um, destructive, that causes injury; N.L. neut. adj. agaricidamnosum, damaging mushroom

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 43140; CIP 106332; DSM 9628; JCM 21444; NBRC 102515; NCPPB 3945; W1r3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y08845 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lincoln SP, Fermor TR, Tindall BJ. Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum sp. nov., a soft rot pathogen of Agaricus bisporus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1577-1589.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07532 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lincoln SP, Fermor TR, Tindall BJ. Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum sp. nov., a soft rot pathogen of Agaricus bisporus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1577-1589.

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