Species "Phytomonas rhapontica"

Name: "Phytomonas rhapontica" Millard 1924

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 29283; CFBP 3163; CIP 105202; DSM 4484; ICMP 1582; LMG 2688; NCPPB 1578

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233417 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Millard WA. Crown rot of rhubarb. Bulletin of the University of Leeds and the Yorkshire Council for Agricultural Education 1924; 134:1-28.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Phytomonas rhapontici" corrig. Millard 1924

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erwinia rhapontici corrig. (Millard 1924) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Phytomonas rhapontici" corrig. Millard 1924	corrected spelling of name, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Pectobacterium rhapontici corrig. (Millard 1924) Patel and Kulkarni 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 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: "Phytomonas" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Millard WA. Crown rot of rhubarb. Bulletin of the University of Leeds and the Yorkshire Council for Agricultural Education 1924; 134:1-28.

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Record number: 4368