Name: Xanthobacter tagetidis Padden et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. tagetidis, of Tagetes the marigold genus of flowering plants

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700314; DSM 11105; TagT2C

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16S rRNA gene: X99469 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Padden AN, Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Wood AP. Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:394-401.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Xanthobacter Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Padden AN, Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Wood AP. Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:394-401.

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Record number: 783124