Name: "Planosarcina ureae" Beijerinck 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.re.ae. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; N.L. gen. fem. n. ureae, of urea

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 6473; DSM 2281; IFO 12699; JCM 2577; LMG 17366; NBRC 12699; VKM B-595

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16S rRNA gene: AF202057 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Beijerinck MW. Anhäufungsversuche mit Ureumbakterien. Ureumspaltung durch Urease und Katabolismus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1901; 7:33-61.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Sporosarcina ureae (Beijerinck 1901) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sporosarcina ureae (Beijerinck 1901) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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: [Planosarcina]

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW. Anhäufungsversuche mit Ureumbakterien. Ureumspaltung durch Urease und Katabolismus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1901; 7:33-61.

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Record number: 4109