Name: "Catabacter" Lau et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.ta.bac’ter. Gr. prep. kata, derived from Gr. kata, down (abbreviation for catalase positive); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Catabacter, arbitrary name, catalase-positive rod [probably better: Catalasibacter]

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Catabacter-), ka-ta-BAK-ter

Type species: "Catabacter hongkongensis" Lau et al. 2007

Original publication: Lau SK, McNabb A, Woo GK, Hoang L, Fung AM, Chung LM, Woo PC, Yuen KY. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:395-401.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Catabacter Lau et al. 2014

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Catabacter Lau et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Catabacteraceae" corrig. Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Lau SK, McNabb A, Woo GK, Hoang L, Fung AM, Chung LM, Woo PC, Yuen KY. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:395-401.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Catabacteriaceae" Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Lau SK, McNabb A, Woo GK, Hoang L, Fung AM, Chung LM, Woo PC, Yuen KY. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:395-401.
  • 🧕 Lau et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the family "Catabacteraceae" corrig. Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Lau SK, McNabb A, Woo GK, Hoang L, Fung AM, Chung LM, Woo PC, Yuen KY. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:395-401.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Catabacter hongkongensis" Lau et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Christensenellaceae Morotomi et al. 2012

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Morotomi M, Nagai F, Watanabe Y. Description of Christensenella minuta gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, which forms a distinct branch in the order Clostridiales, and proposal of Christensenellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:144-149.

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