Name: Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium zopfii" Kurth 1883

Etymology: zopf’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zopfii, of Zopf, named for W. Zopf, a German botanist

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33403; CCUG 38890; CIP 103249; DSM 20580; JCM 6101; LMG 17318; NBRC 101529; NCIB 9878; NCIMB 9878; NCTC 10597; VKM B-1568

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58800 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium zopfii" Kurth 1883	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.
  • 😷 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

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Record number: 777222