Name: Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones 1901) Dye 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus carotovorus" Jones 1901

Etymology: ca.ro.to.vo.ra. L. fem. n. carota, carrot; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. fem. adj. carotovora, carrot-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15713; CFBP 2046; CIP 82.83; DSM 30168; HAMBI 1429; ICMP 5702; LMG 2404; NCAIM B.01109; NCPPB 312; VKM B-1247

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Effective publication: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. II. The "carotovora" group. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:81-97.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Jones 1901) Hauben et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Jones 1901) Hauben et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica (van Hall 1902) Dye 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. II. The "carotovora" group. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:81-97.
  • ❗ Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora 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 Erwinia carotovora within a separate genus Erwinia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p".
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Jones 1901) Bergey et al. 1923, 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: Erwinia carotovora (Jones 1901) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. II. The "carotovora" group. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:81-97.

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