Name: "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. fem. part. adj. aggregans, assembling, aggregating

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 23162; CIP 104803; IFO 15976; JCM 21384; LMG 8376; NBRC 15976

16S rRNA gene: AB078040 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Hosoya and Yokota (2007), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Hosoya S, Yokota A. Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1086-1088.
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Microscilla aggregans subsp. catalatica" Lewin 1969	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Microscilla Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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Record number: 4092