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

Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-ri-ki-dam-NO-sum, neuter

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

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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 = 15).
  • 😷 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. — 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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