Species ***Acinetobacter* *lactucae***

Name: Acinetobacter lactucae Rooney et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.tu’cae. L. gen. fem. n. lactucae, of lettuce

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter lak-TU-ka͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 68785; NRRL B-41902

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU921101 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rooney AP, Dunlap CA, Flor-Weiler LB. Acinetobacter lactucae sp. nov., isolated from iceberg lettuce (Asteraceae: Lactuca sativa). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3566-3572. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae Cosgaya et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Dunlap and Rooney (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae Cosgaya et al. 2016. Publication: Dunlap CA, Rooney AP. Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae is a later heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter lactucae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:131-132. 🇺🇸
- 🏢 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 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 17 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: Rooney AP, Dunlap CA, Flor-Weiler LB. Acinetobacter lactucae sp. nov., isolated from iceberg lettuce (Asteraceae: Lactuca sativa). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3566-3572. 🇺🇸

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Species Acinetobacter lactucae

Species ***Acinetobacter* *lactucae***