
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.11022
Name	Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Serratia marcescens marcescens
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.11022
Type Strain representative organism	DSM 30121^T (=NCTC 10211 =ATCC 13880 =NCIB 9155)


Proper Form	Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Serratia marcescens was originally described by Bizio 1823. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2003, Ajithkumar et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form Serratia marcescens marcescens (Bizio 1823) Ajithkumar et al. 2003 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.11022.
Source File	10.1601/nm.11022.xml


This information was last reviewed on December 3, 2019.

References

Bizio B. Lettera di Bartolomeo Bizio al chiarissimo canonico Angelo Bellani sopra il fenomeno della polenta porporina. Biblioteca Italiana o sia Giornale di Letteratura, Scienze e Arti (Anno VIII) 1823; 30:275-295.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Ajithkumar B, Ajithkumar VP, Iriye R, Doi Y, Sakai T. Spore-forming Serratia marcescens subsp. sakuensis subsp. nov., isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment tank. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:253-258. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02158-0 [PubMed].