Name: Aeromicrobium fastidiosum (Collins and Stackebrandt 1989) Tamura and Yokota 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardioides fastidiosus corrig. Collins and Stackebrandt 1989

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sum. L. neut. adj. fastidiosum, fastidious, referring to the nutritionally fastidious nature of the organism when it is first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49363; DSM 10552; IFO 14897; J41; JCM 8088; LMG 16205; NBRC 14897; NCIB 12713; NCIMB 12713; VKM Ac-1324

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16S rRNA gene: AF005022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Yokota A. Transfer of Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989 to the genus Aeromicrobium as Aeromicrobium fastidiosum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:608-611.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardioides fastidiosus corrig. Collins and Stackebrandt 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aeromicrobium Miller et al. 1991

Assigned by: Tamura T, Yokota A. Transfer of Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989 to the genus Aeromicrobium as Aeromicrobium fastidiosum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:608-611.

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Record number: 772886