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Species Acinetobacter higginsii
Name: Acinetobacter higginsii Nemec et al. 2023
Etymology: hig.gin’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. higginsii, of Higgins, named after Paul G. Higgins, a Scottish medical microbiologist
Type strain: ATCC 17988; Bouvet; CCM 9243; CCUG 996; CIP 70.18; CNCTC 7558; Henriksen 4233/62; Jeanjean 78; LMG 1031; NIPH 1872
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16S rRNA gene:
OR350514
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Nemec A, Spanelova P, Shestivska V, Radolfova-Krizova L, Maixnerova M, Feng Y, Qin J, Cevallos MA, Zong Z. Proposal for Acinetobacter higginsii sp. nov. to accommodate organisms of human clinical origin previously classified as Acinetobacter genomic species 16. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6114. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nemec A, Spanelova P, Shestivska V, Radolfova-Krizova L, Maixnerova M, Feng Y, Qin J, Cevallos MA, Zong Z. Proposal for Acinetobacter higginsii sp. nov. to accommodate organisms of human clinical origin previously classified as Acinetobacter genomic species 16. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6114.
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Record number: 40885
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