SUMMARY
The names of all plant pathogenic bacteria which
have been effectively and validly published in terms of
the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and
the Standards for Naming Pathovars are listed to provide an authoritative register of...
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SUMMARY
The names of all plant pathogenic bacteria which
have been effectively and validly published in terms of
the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and
the Standards for Naming Pathovars are listed to provide an authoritative register of names for use by authors, journal editors and others who require access to
currently correct nomenclature.
Included are species,
subspecies and pathovar names and details of type and
pathotype strains reported from 1980 to 2007.
An explanation of how to use this list is provided.
In recent
years the taxonomy of plant pathogenic bacteria has
been extensively revised.
For some taxa there are several valid synonyms.
Unless otherwise stated, the most recently published name is used in this list as the reference name (in bold italic) to which all other synonyms
are referred.
This does not mean that the reference
name is always to be preferred.
A synonym, i.
e.
, a previously published name for the same organism, may represent a classi
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