Name: Samsonia erythrinae Sutra et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. erythrinae, of Erythrina, referring to plants of the genus Erythrina, family Fabaceae, from which the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CFBP 5236; DSM 16730; ICMP 13937

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF273037 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sutra L, Christen R, Bollet C, Simoneau P, Gardan L. Samsonia erythrinae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from bark necrotic lesions of Erythrina sp., and discrimination of plant-pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae by phenotypic features. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1291-1304.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Samsonia Sutra et al. 2001. Publication: Sutra L, Christen R, Bollet C, Simoneau P, Gardan L. Samsonia erythrinae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from bark necrotic lesions of Erythrina sp., and discrimination of plant-pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae by phenotypic features. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1291-1304.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Samsonia Sutra et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sutra L, Christen R, Bollet C, Simoneau P, Gardan L. Samsonia erythrinae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from bark necrotic lesions of Erythrina sp., and discrimination of plant-pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae by phenotypic features. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1291-1304.

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Record number: 780771