Name: "Phytomonas fascians" Tilford 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fa.sci.ans. L. fem. part. adj. fascians, binding together, bundling

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 12974; CFBP 2401; CGMCC 4.1817; CIP 104713; DSM 20669; ICMP 5833; IFO 12155; JCM 10002; LMG 3623; NBRC 12155; NCIMB 13432; NCPPB 3067; NRRL B-16937; VKM Ac-1462

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79186 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tilford PE. Fasciation of sweet peas caused by Phytomonas fascians n. sp. Journal of Agricultural Research 1936; 53:383-394.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford 1936) Goodfellow 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus luteus (ex Söhngen 1913) Nesterenko et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford 1936) Goodfellow 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcoides fascians (Tilford 1936) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Klatte et al. (1994), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus luteus (ex Söhngen 1913) Nesterenko et al. 1982. Publication: Klatte S, Jahnke KD, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey F, Stackebrandt E. Rhodococcus luteus is a later subjective synonym of Rhodococcus fascians. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:627-630. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: "Phytomonas" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Tilford PE. Fasciation of sweet peas caused by Phytomonas fascians n. sp. Journal of Agricultural Research 1936; 53:383-394.

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Record number: 3914