Name: "Planosarcina ureae" Beijerinck 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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".

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