Name: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: A.zo.to.bac.ter. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); from Gr. fem. n. zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Azotobacter, a nitrogen rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Azotobacter-)
Type species: Azotobacter chroococcum Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Beijerinck MW. Über oligonitrophile Mikroben. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1901; 7:561-582.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 14
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Azotobacter agilis" Beijerinck 1901 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym (and no standing) |
Azotobacter armeniacus Thompson and Skerman 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azotobacter beijerinckii Lipman 1904 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azotobacter bryophylli Liu et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azotobacter chroococcum Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azotobacter indicum" Starkey and De 1939 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym (and no standing) |
"Azotobacter insigne" Derx 1951 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym (and no standing) |
Azotobacter macrocytogenes Jensen 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Azotobacter miscellum" Varbanets et al. 1974 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azotobacter nigricans Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azotobacter paspali Döbereiner 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Azotobacter salinestris Page and Shivprasad 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azotobacter tropicalis" Leaungvutiviroj et al. 2010 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azotobacter vinelandii Lipman 1903 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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Record number: 516974