Genus Catabacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Catabacter Lau et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Catabacter hongkongensis Lau et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. cata-, abbreviation for catalase-positive, derived from Gr. kata, down; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Catabacter, catalase-positive rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2927-2929..
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Effective publication: LAU, S. K. P., FAN, R. Y. Y., LO, H.-W., NG, R. H. Y., WONG, S. S. Y., LI, I. W. S., WU, A. K. L., NG, K. H. L., TSEUNG, S., LEE, R. A., FUNG, K. S. C., QUE, T.-L., YUEN, K.-Y. and WOO, P. C. Y. 2012. High mortality associated with Catabacter hongkongensis bacteremia. J. Clin. Microbiol., 50, 2239-2243
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Note from Validation List: The name also appears in Lau et al. (2007), but no separate protologues for the genus and the species were given and no type species was designated at that time; therefore, the validation is based on effective publication of the names in Lau et al. 2012.
Reference: LAU, S. K. P., McNABB, A., WOO, G. K. S., HOANG, L., FUNG, A. M. Y., CHUNG, L. M. W., WOO, P. C. Y. and YUEN, K.-Y. 2007. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J. Clin. Microbiol., 45, 395-401
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Catabacter hongkongensis Lau et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKU16= CCUG 54229=JCM 17853.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF514883.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, in honor of Hong Kong, the place where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2927-2929.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: LAU, S. K. P., FAN, R. Y. Y., LO, H.-W., NG, R. H. Y., WONG, S. S. Y., LI, I. W. S., WU, A. K. L., NG, K. H. L., TSEUNG, S., LEE, R. A., FUNG, K. S. C., QUE, T.-L., YUEN, K.-Y. and WOO, P. C. Y. 2012. High mortality associated with Catabacter hongkongensis bacteremia. J. Clin. Microbiol., 50, 2239-2243
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