Name: "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 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".

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