Name: Carnobacterium divergens (Holzapfel and Gerber 1984) Collins et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus divergens Holzapfel and Gerber 1984

Etymology: di.ver’gens. N.L. part. adj. divergens, deviating, diverging

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 66; ATCC 35677; CCUG 30094; CIP 101029; DSM 20623; IFO 15683; JCM 5816; JCM 9133; LMG 9199; NBRC 15683; NCDO 2763; NCFB 2763; NCIB 11952; NCIMB 11952; NCTC 13772; NRRL B-14830

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16S rRNA gene: AB680940 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus divergens Holzapfel and Gerber 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987. Publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.
  • 😷 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 136 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2672.
  • 🧍 The name of the fourth author was spelled incorrectly as S. Ferusu. The correct spelling is S. Feresu. — Parte A. Personal communication, 2008-08-15.

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

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