Name: Azotobacter vinelandii Lipman 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ne.land’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vinelandii, of Vineland, named after Vineland, New Jersey, where the species was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 478; DSM 2289; JCM 21475; LMG 8758; NBRC 102612; NCCB 26007; NRRL B-14641; VKM B-1617

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16S rRNA gene: AB175657 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lipman JG. Experiments on the transformation and fixation of nitrogen by bacteria. Report of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 1903; 24:217-285.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 2050 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lipman JG. Experiments on the transformation and fixation of nitrogen by bacteria. Report of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 1903; 24:217-285.

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Record number: 773612