Agrobacterium tumefaciens ATCC 23308, CCM 1040, CIP B6, DSM 30205, ICPB TT 3, NCPPB 397

Agrobacterium tumefaciens SubSpecies: Type Strain: ATCC 23308, CCM 1040, CIP B6, DSM 30205, ICPB TT 3, NCPPB 397 Risk Group: 1, +, p REMARKS: Request for an Opinion concerning the type species of the genus Agrobacterium (IJSB 44:373*); decision: A. tumefaciens is the type species (IJSB 45:196*); Young et al. (2006) propose in a Request for an Opinion that Agrobacterium radiobacter has priority as the earlier heterotypic (subjective) synonym when it is united with Agrobacterium tumefaciens.The Judicial Commission affirmed the priority of Agrobacterium radiobacter (Opinion 94, Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, IJSEM 64:3590-3592*) AUTHORS: (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn 1942 RECORD No.: 772963 Supplier: BioVector NTCC Inc. http://www.biovector.net