%0 Journal Article %A Young, J. M. %A Pennycook, S. R. %A Watson, D. R. W. %T Proposal that Agrobacterium radiobacter has priority over Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Request for an Opinion %D 2006 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 56 %N 2 %P 491-493 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64030-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X It is proposed that Agrobacterium radiobacter has priority as the earlier heterotypic (subjective) synonym when it is united with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The nomenclatural status of A. tumefaciens as a later heterotypic synonym of the united species is not lost and it remains the type species of the genus. Request for an Opinion. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64030-0