Name: Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata (Bøvre and Holten 1970) Henriksen and Holten 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e.lon.ga’ta L. fem. part. adj. elongata, prolonged, elongated

Gender: feminine

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Original publication: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica Henriksen and Holten 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. Publication: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.
  • The original authorship, Bøvre and Holten 1970, 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.
  • The original autorship, Bøvre and Holten 1970, 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.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.

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