Name: "Phytomonas fascians" Tilford 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 12974; CFBP 2401; CIP 104713; DSM 20669; ICMP 5833; IFO 12155; JCM 10002; LMG 3623; NBRC 12155; NCPPB 3067; NRRL B-16937; VKM Ac-1462

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16S rRNA gene: X81930 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

Correct name: Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford 1936) Goodfellow 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published, illegitimate name
    Rhodococcus luteus (ex Söhngen 1913) Nesterenko et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published, illegitimate name
    Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• 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]

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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