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Subspecies "Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. toumanoffii"
Name: "Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. toumanoffii" Krieg 1969
Etymology: tou.ma.nof’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. toumanoffii, in memory of Prof. C. Toumanoff whose work at the Institut Pasteur (Paris) was, over a relatively long period, associated with the B. cereus-B. thuringiensis group, and who isolated this new type.
Pronunciation, gender: tou-ma-NOF-fi-i, masculine
Original publication:
Krieg A. Transformations in the Bacillus cereus—Bacillus thuringiensis group. Description of a new subspecies: Bacillus thuringiensis var. toumanoffii. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 1969; 14:279-281. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Krieg A. Transformations in the Bacillus cereus—Bacillus thuringiensis group. Description of a new subspecies: Bacillus thuringiensis var. toumanoffii. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 1969; 14:279-281.
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Record number: 21680
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