Species ***Acinetobacter* *indicus***

Name: Acinetobacter indicus Malhotra et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, Indian, of or belonging to India

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter IN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: A648; CCM 7832; DSM 25388

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM047743 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Malhotra J, Anand S, Jindal S, Rajagopal R, Lal R. Acinetobacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2883-2890. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Acinetobacter guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Nemec and Radolfova-Krizova (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014. 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.
- 😷 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 37 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Malhotra J, Anand S, Jindal S, Rajagopal R, Lal R. Acinetobacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2883-2890. 🇮🇳

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Species ***Acinetobacter* *indicus***