Systematics Collections Data

ICMP 5793 – Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn

Data provider:
International Collection Of Microorganisms
Barcode:
ICMP 5793
Type status:
Neotype
Culture type:
Bacterial Culture
Database record added:
25 January 2002
Database record updated:
02 October 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend 1907) Conn 1942
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn
Division:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Hyphomicrobiales
Family:
Rhizobiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Associations:
isolated from Rubus occidentalis L. 1753
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (tumourigenic strains)
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn
Active:
no
Identification type:
Received as
Other components
Active identification
Determined name:
Rubus occidentalis L. 1753
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Rubus occidentalis L. 1753
Division:
Tracheophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Vernacular name:
black raspberry
Identification type:
Determination
Part affected:
gall
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Unknown
Standard locality
Location:
Iowa
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  42.0751  -93.496 
Verbatim locality:
Iowa
Verbatim collector:
A.J. Riker
Standardised collector:
A. J. Riker
Verbatim date:
1927 to 1928
Start date:
1927
End date:
1928
Country:
United States
Culture flags
MPI:
Restricted Culture
Price Category:
Category 2
Culture notes
Strain Data:
tumourigenic strains
Pathogenic to:
coleus, lupin, marigold, sunflower, tomato, zinnia
Characterised as:
Biovar 1
Growth Conditions:
Kings B or YNA @ 26 C for 3 days
Strain Data:
Presumably subclone of T5, itself from black raspberry gall, Iowa, U.S.A
NCIMB
External links
GenBank:

EU007382 - chvA

Note: from ATCC 4720

JAAQPP000000000 - genomic DNA

Note: from ATCC 4720 genome sequence

MT534522 - 16S ribosomal RNA

Note: from ATCC 4720

FM164285 - recA

Note: from ATCC 4720

Literature:

Costechareyre, D.; Bertolla, F.; Nesme, X. (2008)Homologous Recombination in Agrobacterium: Potential Implications for the Genomic Species Concept in Bacteria.Molecular Biology and Evolution26(1)167-176. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn236

Velázquez, Encarna; Flores-Félix, José David; Sánchez-Juanes, Fernando; Igual, José M.; Peix, Álvaro (2020)Strain ATCC 4720T is the authentic type strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which is not a later heterotypic synonym of Agrobacterium radiobacter . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70(9)5172-5176. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004443

Note: proposal to restore this strain as the type of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

de Lajudie, Philippe; Mousavi, Seyed Abdollah; Young, J. Peter W. (2021)International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 6 July 2020. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(5). DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004784

Note: type status supported by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria

LIPPINCOTT, J. A.; LIPPINCOTT, B. B. (1969)Tumour-initiating Ability and Nutrition in the Genus Agrobacterium.Journal of General Microbiology59(1)57-75. DOI: 10.1099/00221287-59-1-57

Sneath, P. H. A.; Skerman, V. B. D. (1966)A List of type and reference strains of bacteria.International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology16(1)1-134. DOI: 10.1099/00207713-16-1-1

Lanen, J. M. Van; Baldwin, I. L.; Riker, A. J. (1952)ATTENUATION OF CROWN GALL BACTERIA BY CULTIVATION IN MEDIA CONTAINING GLYCINE.Journal of Bacteriology63(6)715-721. DOI: 10.1128/jb.63.6.715-721.1952

A. J. Riker and W. M. Banfield and W. H. Wright and G. W. Keitt and H. Sagen (1930) Studies on infectious hairy root of nursery Apple trees. Journal of Agricultural Research. 41:7 507-540

Young, J. M.; Dye, D. W.; Bradbury, J. F.; Panagopoulos, C. G.; Robbs, C. F. (1978)A proposed nomenclature and classification for plant pathogenic bacteria.New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research21(1)153-177. DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1978.10427397

Note: as A. radiobacter pv. tumefaciens [Suggested working type strain of A. tumefaciens; Sneath & Skerman 1966]

Culture events
Deposited:
Actioned by:
American Type Culture Collection (Reference number ATCC 4720)
Date:
01 November 1977 (Verbatim: Nov 1977)
Transferred via:
Actioned by:
I. L. Baldwin (Reference number A1)
Date:
1952 (Verbatim)
Isolated:
Actioned by:
A. J. Riker
Date:
1927 to 1928 (Verbatim)
Duplicates
Fera (UK): NCPPB 2992
Direction:
Duplicate
Assigned reference numbers
PDDCC:
PDDCC 5793
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - ICMP Culture Collection
Reference:
ICMP Collection - Local Contexts
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