Strain ATCC 4720 T is the authentic type strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which is not a later heterotypic synonym of Agrobacterium radiobacter
2020
Velázquez Pérez, Encarna | Flores Félix, José David | Sánchez-Juanes, Fernando | Igual, José Mariano | Peix, Álvaro | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) | Velázquez, Encarna [0000-0002-5946-7241] | Igual, José Mariano [0000-0002-5080-0378] | Peix, Álvaro [0000-0001-5084-1586]
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Show more [+] Less [-]The original type strains of Agrobacterium radiobacter and Agrobacterium tumefaciens recorded in the eighth edition of Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology published in 1974 were NCIB 9042T and ATCC 4720T, respectively. However, in the list of the valid names of bacteria compiled in 1980, both strains were changed, A. radiobacter NCIB 9042T to ATCC 19358T and A. tumefaciens ATCC 4720T to ATCC 23308T. These changes were unjustified, particularly in the case of A. tumefaciens whose type strain was replaced by another strain from the same collection, although the original type strain ATCC 4720T was never lost and it is currently available in several culture collections. Therefore, we request that the type strain of A. tumefaciens be corrected from ATCC 23308T to ATCC 4720T
Show more [+] Less [-]This work was supported by an MINECO (Spanish Central Government) Grant AGL2013-48098-P to E.V
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