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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Pseudomonas chitinolytica"

Name: "Pseudomonas chitinolytica" Spiegel et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.no.ly’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. chitinolytica, dissolving chitin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas khi-ti-no-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Original publication: Spiegel YC, E. Galper SS, E. Chet I. Evaluation of a newly isolated bacterium, Pseudomonas chitinolytica sp. nov., for controlling the root-knot nematode Meloidogynejavanica. Biocontrol Science and Technology 1991; 1:115-125.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Spiegel YC, E. Galper SS, E. Chet I. Evaluation of a newly isolated bacterium, Pseudomonas chitinolytica sp. nov., for controlling the root-knot nematode Meloidogynejavanica. Biocontrol Science and Technology 1991; 1:115-125.

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Record number: 71313

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