Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2717

Name

Azotobacter macrocytogenes Jensen 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 emend. Johnstone 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

WR-111^T (=0 of Jensen =IAM 15003 =ATCC 12335 =NCIB 8700 =DSM 721)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Liao et al. 2020
family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 emend. Johnstone 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Azotobacter macrocytogenes Jensen 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Azotobacter macrocytogenes Jensen 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2717.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2717.xml

References

Jensen HL. Azotobacter macrocytogenes n. sp., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium resistant to acid reaction. Acta Agric Scand 1955; 5:280-294.