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Species Neisseria cinerea
Name: Neisseria cinerea (von Lingelsheim 1906) Murray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Micrococcus cinereus" von Lingelsheim 1906
Etymology: ci.ne’re.a. L. fem. adj. cinerea, similar to ashes, ash-colored, gray
Type strain: ATCC 14685; CCUG 2156; CCUG 346; CIP 73.16; DSM 4630; LMG 8380; NCTC 10294
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ247236
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Murray EGD. Genus I Neisseria Trevisan. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 278-288.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Micrococcus cinereus" von Lingelsheim 1906 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04284 (N = 11).
- 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 81 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Murray EGD. Genus I Neisseria Trevisan. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 278-288.
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Record number: 778628
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