Name: Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Akhurst 1983

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Achromobacter nematophilus" Poinar and Thomas 1965

Etymology: ne.ma.to’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. nematodum, nematode; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. nematophila, nematode-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19061; CCUG 14189; DSM 3370; LMG 1036

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Valid publication: Akhurst RJ. Taxonomic study of Xenorhabdus, a genus of bacteria symbiotically associated with insect pathogenic nematodes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:38-45.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp. nematophilus (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Akhurst 1983	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. bovienii corrig. Akhurst 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Akhurst RJ. Taxonomic study of Xenorhabdus, a genus of bacteria symbiotically associated with insect pathogenic nematodes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:38-45.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. poinarii corrig. Akhurst 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Akhurst RJ. Taxonomic study of Xenorhabdus, a genus of bacteria symbiotically associated with insect pathogenic nematodes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:38-45.
  • ❗ Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. nematophila 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 Xenorhabdus nematophila within a separate genus Xenorhabdus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSEM 50:1691 (Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. nematophila). — 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSEM 50:1691; Xenorhabdus nematophilus (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Boemare NE. The modern Latin word rhabdus belongs to the feminine gender, inducing necessary corrections according to Rules 65(2), 12c(1) and 13b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1691-1692.
  • 🧍 If an author accepts the elevation of Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. beddingii corrig. Akhurst 1986, the elevation of Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. bovienii corrig. Akhurst 1983 and the elevation of Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. poinarii corrig. Akhurst 1983 to full species status, then Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 should thereafter be designated simply as Xenorhabdus nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Akhurst RJ. Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp. beddingii (Enterobacteriaceae): a new subspecies of bacteria mutualistically associated with entomopathogenic nematodes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:454-457.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979, 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 spelling of the specific and subspecific epithets, nematophilus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby and Boemare 2000. Publication: Euzeby JP, Boemare NE. The modern Latin word rhabdus belongs to the feminine gender, inducing necessary corrections according to Rules 65(2), 12c(1) and 13b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1691-1692.

Parent taxon: Xenorhabdus nematophila corrig. (Poinar and Thomas 1965) Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Akhurst RJ. Taxonomic study of Xenorhabdus, a genus of bacteria symbiotically associated with insect pathogenic nematodes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:38-45.

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