Name: "Micrococcus denitrificans" Beijerinck and Minkman 1910

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17741; DSM 413; JCM 21484; LMD 22.21; NBRC 102528; NCCB 22021

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16S rRNA gene: Y16927 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Beijerinck MW, Minkman DCJ. Bildung und Verbrauch von Stickstoffoxydul durch Bakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1910; 25:30-63.

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

Correct name: Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Ludwig et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus pantotrophus (Robertson and Kuenen 1984) Rainey et al. 1999. Publication: Ludwig W, Mittenhuber G, Friedrich CG. Transfer of Thiosphaera pantotropha to Paracoccus denitrificans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:363-367.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Thiosphaera pantotropha Robertson and Kuenen 1984. Publication: Ludwig W, Mittenhuber G, Friedrich CG. Transfer of Thiosphaera pantotropha to Paracoccus denitrificans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:363-367.
  • According to Rainey et al. (1999), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus pantotrophus (Robertson and Kuenen 1984) Rainey et al. 1999. Publication: Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:645-651.
  • According to Rainey et al. (1999), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Thiosphaera pantotropha Robertson and Kuenen 1984. Publication: Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:645-651.

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW, Minkman DCJ. Bildung und Verbrauch von Stickstoffoxydul durch Bakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1910; 25:30-63.

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Record number: 4240