Name: "Frankia elaeagni" (ex Becking 1970) Lalonde et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: e.lae.ag’ni. N.L. gen. fem. n. elaeagni, of Elaeagnus, referring to the source of the isolate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BMG5.12; CECT 9031; DSM 46783

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ549325 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lalonde M, Simon L, Bousquet J, Seguin A. Advances in the taxonomy of Frankia. Recognition of species alni and elaeagni and novel subspecies pommerii and vandijkii. In: Bothe H, De Bruijn FJ, Newton WE (eds), Nitrogen Fixation, Hundred Years After, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988, p. 671-680.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Frankia elaeagni Nouioui et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parafrankia elaeagni (Nouioui et al. 2016) Gtari 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Frankia elaeagni Nouioui et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lalonde M, Simon L, Bousquet J, Seguin A. Advances in the taxonomy of Frankia. Recognition of species alni and elaeagni and novel subspecies pommerii and vandijkii. In: Bothe H, De Bruijn FJ, Newton WE (eds), Nitrogen Fixation, Hundred Years After, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988, p. 671-680.

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Record number: 17525