Corynebacterium ilicis is typified by ICMP 2608 =ICPB CI144, Arthrobacter ilicis is typified by DSM 20138 =ATCC 14264 =NCPPB 1228 and the two are not homotypic synonyms, and clarification of the authorship of these two species. Opinion 87

References

1. Bousfield, I. J. ( 1972; ). A taxonomic study of some coryneform bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 71, 441–455.[CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
2. Collins, M. D., Jones, D. & Kroppenstedt, R. M. ( 1981; ). Reclassification of Corynebacterium ilicis (Mandel, Guba and Litsky) in the genus Arthrobacter as Arthrobacter ilicis comb. nov. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg Abt 1 Orig C2, 318–323.
   [Google Scholar]
3. Collins, M. D., Jones, D. & Kroppenstedt, R. M. ( 1982; ). Arthrobacter ilicis comb. nov. In Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB, List no. 9. Int J Syst Bacteriol 32, 384–385.[CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
4. Dye, D. W. & Kemp, W. J. ( 1977; ). A taxonomic study of plant pathogenic Corynebacterium species. N Z J Agric Res 20, 563–582.[CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
5. Jones, D. ( 1975; ). A numerical taxonomic study of coryneform and related bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 87, 52–96.[CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
6. Keddie, R. M. & Cure, G. L. ( 1978; ). Cell wall composition of coryneform bacteria. In Coryneform Bacteria (Special Publication no. 1 of the Society for General Microbiology), pp. 47–83. Edited by I. J. Bousfield & A. G. Callely. London: Academic Press.
7. Keddie, R. M., Collins, M. D. & Jones, D. ( 1986; ). Genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947, 300^AL. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 2, pp. 1288–1301. Edited by P. H. A. Sneath, N. S. Mair, M. E. Sharpe & J. G. Holt. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
8. Lelliott, R. A. ( 1966; ). The plant pathogenic coryneform bacteria. J Appl Bacteriol 29, 114–118.[CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
9. Mandel, M., Guba, E. F. & Litsky, W. ( 1961; ). The causal agent of bacterial blight of American holly. In Bacteriological Proceedings. Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, p. 61. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology.
10. Schleifer, K. H. & Kandler, O. ( 1972; ). Peptidoglycan type of bacterial cell walls and their taxonomic implications. Bacteriol Rev 36, 407–477.
    [Google Scholar]
11. Skerman, V. B. D., McGowan, V. & Sneath, P. H. A. (editors) 1980; ). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 30, 225–420.[CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
12. Skerman, V. B. D., McGowan, V. & Sneath, P. H. A. (editors) 1989; ). Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology.
13. Starr, M. P., Mandel, M. & Murata, N. ( 1975; ). The phytopathogenic coryneform bacteria in the light of DNA base composition and DNA-DNA segmental homology. J Gen Appl Microbiol 21, 13–26.[CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
14. Young, J. M., Bull, C. T., De Boer, S. H., Firrao, G., Gardan, L., Saddler, G. S., Stead, D. E. & Takikawa, Y. ( 2001; ). Committee on the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. International Standards for Naming Pathovars of Phytopathogenic Bacteria. http://www.isppweb.org/about_tppb_naming.asp
15. Young, J. M., Watson, D. R. W. & Dye, D. W. ( 2004; ). Reconsideration of Arthrobacter ilicis (Mandel et al. 1961) Collins et al. 1982 as a plant-pathogenic species. Proposal to emend the authority and description of the species. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54, 303–305.[CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]