Name: Azotobacter nigricans subsp. achromogenes Thompson and Skerman 1981

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.chro.mo.ge.nes. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. achromogenes, not producing color

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A-2 of Jensen; WR 41

Effective publication: Thompson JP, Skerman VBD. Azotobacteraceae: the taxonomy and ecology of the aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Academic Press, London, 1980.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Azotobacter nigricans Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thompson JP, Skerman VBD. Azotobacteraceae: the taxonomy and ecology of the aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Academic Press, London, 1980.

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Record number: 783410