Name: Sarcobium lyticum Drozanski 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: In the absence of cultivation in pure culture, the description in the paper by Drozanski 1991 forms the nomenclatural type; L2; PCM 2298

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16S rRNA gene: X66835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Drozanski WJ. Sarcobium lyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite of small free-living amoebae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:82-87.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Legionella lytica (Drozanski 1991) Hookey et al. 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Legionella lytica (Drozanski 1991) Hookey et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sarcobium Drozanski 1991. Publication: Drozanski WJ. Sarcobium lyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite of small free-living amoebae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:82-87.
  • ❗ Sarcobium lyticum 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 Sarcobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to the CCUG curator, CCUG 112 has unknown status; no information is available. — Moore ERB. Personal communication, 2023-05-25.

Parent taxon: Sarcobium Drozanski 1991

Assigned by: Drozanski WJ. Sarcobium lyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite of small free-living amoebae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:82-87.

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