Name: Serratia proteamaculans subsp. proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1983

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Pseudomonas proteamaculans" Paine and Stansfield 1919

Etymology: pro.te.a.ma’cu.lans. N.L. fem. n. Protea, a plant generic name; L. v. maculo, to spot; N.L. fem. part. adj. proteamaculans, spotting Protea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ser-RA-ti-a pro-te-a-MA-ku-lans pro-te-a-MA-ku-lans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19323; CCM 4736; CCUG 14510; CIP 103236; DSM 4543; ICMP 1724; NCPPB 245

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Effective publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Irino K. Biochemical characterization of Serratia liquefaciens sensu stricto, Serratia proteamaculans, and Serratia grimesii sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1982; 7:69-74.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinivorans corrig. Grimont et al. 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Irino K. Biochemical characterization of Serratia liquefaciens sensu stricto, Serratia proteamaculans, and Serratia grimesii sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1982; 7:69-74.
  • ❗ Serratia proteamaculans subsp. proteamaculans 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 Serratia proteamaculans within a separate genus Serratia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2 - plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "n". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 If an author accepts the elevation of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to full species status, then Serratia proteamaculans subsp. proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1978 should thereafter be designated simply as Serratia proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). — 🧍 If an author accepts the elevation of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to full species status, then Serratia proteamaculans subsp. proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1983 should thereafter be designated simply as Serratia proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Starr MP. Serratia proteamaculans (Paine and Stanfield) comb. nov., a senior subjective synonym of Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty) Bascomb et al. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:503-510.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1978, 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: Serratia proteamaculans (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Grimont et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Irino K. Biochemical characterization of Serratia liquefaciens sensu stricto, Serratia proteamaculans, and Serratia grimesii sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1982; 7:69-74.

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