Name: Xanthobacter tagetidis Padden et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ta.ge’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. tagetidis, of Tagetes the marigold genus of flowering plants

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: xan-t^ho-BAK-ter ta-GE-ti-dis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700314; DSM 11105; TagT2C

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16S rRNA gene: PP328854 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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