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Species Acinetobacter guangdongensis

Name: Acinetobacter guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.ang.dong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. guangdongensis, pertaining to Guangdong, a province of southern China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter gu-an͡g-don͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 1NM-4; CCTCC AB 2014199; DSM 100979; GDMCC 1.656; KCTC 42012

16S rRNA gene: JQ608323 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Feng GD, Yang SZ, Wang YH, Deng MR, Zhu HH. Acinetobacter guangdongensis sp. nov., isolated from abandoned lead-zinc ore. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3417-3421. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acinetobacter indicus Malhotra et al. 2012

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • ⏲ According to Nemec and Radolfova-Krizova (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter indicus Malhotra et al. 2012. Publication: Nemec A, Radolfova-Krizova L. Acinetobacter guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014 is a junior heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter indicus Malhotra et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4080-4082. 🇨🇿
    • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.
    • ❗ Acinetobacter guangdongensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acinetobacter.
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Feng GD, Yang SZ, Wang YH, Deng MR, Zhu HH. Acinetobacter guangdongensis sp. nov., isolated from abandoned lead-zinc ore. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3417-3421. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 792223