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Species Vibrio diazotrophicus

Name: Vibrio diazotrophicus Guerinot et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. L. pref. dis-, twice, doubly; N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. [ἀ-] a-, not; from Gr. fem. n. [ζωή] zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; N.L. pref. diazo-, pertaining to dinitrogen; N.L. masc. adj. trophicus, nursing, tending; from Gr. masc. adj. [τροφικός] trophikos, nursing; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, growing on dinitrogen, or less literally, nitrogen fixing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1; ATCC 33466; CAIM 613; CCUG 19114; CIP 103191; DSM 2604; JCM 21185; LMG 7893; NBRC 103148; NS1

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16S rRNA gene: X74701 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guerinot ML, West PA, Lee JV, Colwell RR. Vibrio diazotrophicus sp. nov., a marine nitrogen-fixing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:350-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guerinot ML, West PA, Lee JV, Colwell RR. Vibrio diazotrophicus sp. nov., a marine nitrogen-fixing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:350-357.

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Record number: 783001