Name: "Peptococcus aerogenes" Breed et al. 1957

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’ge.nes. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. aerogenes, gas-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-ge-nes, masculine

Original publication: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

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Record number: 19320
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