Name: Pimelobacter jensenii Suzuki and Komagata 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jen.se’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. jensenii, of Jensen, named for H. L. Jensen, the Danish bacteriologist who contributed to the taxonomy of coryneform bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49810; CCUG 37988; CIP 102404; CNF 91; DSM 20641; IAM 12581; IFO 14755; JCM 1364; LMG 16325; NBRC 14755; NCIB 9770; NCIMB 9770; VKM Ac-1878

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16S rRNA gene: AF005006 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki K, Komagata K. Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:59-71.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nocardioides jensenii (Suzuki and Komagata 1983) Collins et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardioides jensenii (Suzuki and Komagata 1983) Collins et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pimelobacter jensenii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pimelobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pimelobacter Suzuki and Komagata 1983

Assigned by: Suzuki K, Komagata K. Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:59-71.

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