Name: Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Carlson and Vidaver 1982

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacterium flaccumfaciens" Hedges 1922

Etymology: flac.cum.fa’ci.ens. L. masc. adj. flaccus, flabby; L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. neut. part. adj. flaccumfaciens, wilt-making [probably better: flaccifaciens]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um flak-kum-FA-ki-ens flak-kum-FA-ki-ens, neuter

Type strain: CECT 4211; CIP 107085; ICMP 2584; JCM 9670; LMG 3645; NCPPB 1446

Valid publication: Carlson RR, Vidaver AK. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium plant pathogens, including a new pathogen of wheat, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cellular proteins. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:315-326.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned subspecies (and not recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 according to rule 40d. Publication: Carlson RR, Vidaver AK. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium plant pathogens, including a new pathogen of wheat, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cellular proteins. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:315-326.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. oortii (Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 according to rule 40d. Publication: Carlson RR, Vidaver AK. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium plant pathogens, including a new pathogen of wheat, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cellular proteins. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:315-326.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 according to rule 40d. Publication: Carlson RR, Vidaver AK. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium plant pathogens, including a new pathogen of wheat, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cellular proteins. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:315-326.
  • ❗ Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens within a separate genus Corynebacterium.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Carlson RR, Vidaver AK. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium plant pathogens, including a new pathogen of wheat, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cellular proteins. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:315-326.

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