Name: "Paracolobactrum anguillimortiferum" Hoshina 1962

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.guil.li.mor.ti’fe.rum. L. neut. adj. ferum, wild; N.L. neut. adj. anguillimortiferum, fatal for eels

Pronunciation, gender: an-gu͡il-li-mor-TI-fe-rum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15947; CCUG 1638; CIP 78.61; DSM 13696; DSM 30052; JCM 1656; LMG 2793; NCCB 73021; NCTC 10396

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16S rRNA gene: AB050827 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hoshina T. On a new bacterium, Paracolobactrum anguillimortiferum n. sp. Bulletin of the Society of Scientific Fisheries (Japan) 1962; 28:162-164.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Edwardsiella tarda Ewing and McWhorter 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Edwardsiella anguillimortifera (Hoshina 1962) Sakazaki and Tamura 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Edwardsiella tarda Ewing and McWhorter 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Paracolobactrum" Borman et al. 1944

Assigned by: Hoshina T. On a new bacterium, Paracolobactrum anguillimortiferum n. sp. Bulletin of the Society of Scientific Fisheries (Japan) 1962; 28:162-164.

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Record number: 4348