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Species Acinetobacter lwoffii
Name: Acinetobacter lwoffii (Audureau 1940) Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Moraxella lwoffi" Audureau 1940
Etymology: lwof’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lwoffii, of Lwoff, named in honor of André Lwoff
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LWOF-fi-i, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 15309; CCM 5581; CCUG 33984; CIP 110687; CNCTC 6167; DSM 2403; JCM 6840; LMG 1029; NCAIM B.01101; NCCB 73001; NCTC 5866
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X81665
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Brisou J, Prevot AR. [Studies on bacterial taxonomy. X. The revision of species under Acromobacter group]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1954; 86:722-728. 
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Moraxella lwoffi" Audureau 1940 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Acinetobacter mesopotamicus" Acer et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Emendations:
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Bouvet and Grimont 1986
Bouvet PJM, Grimont PAD. Taxonomy of the genus Acinetobacter with the recognition of Acinetobacter baumannii sp. nov., Acinetobacter haemolyticus sp. nov., Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. nov., and Acinetobacter junii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:228-240.
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Nemec et al. 2019
Nemec A, Radolfova-Krizova L, Maixnerova M, Nemec M, Clermont D, Bzdil J, Jezek P, Spanelova P. Revising the taxonomy of the Acinetobacter lwoffii group: The description of Acinetobacter pseudolwoffii sp. nov. and emended description of Acinetobacter lwoffii. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:159-167. 🇨🇿
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
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Bouvet and Grimont 1986
Bouvet PJM, Grimont PAD. Taxonomy of the genus Acinetobacter with the recognition of Acinetobacter baumannii sp. nov., Acinetobacter haemolyticus sp. nov., Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. nov., and Acinetobacter junii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:228-240.
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Nemec (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acinetobacter mesopotamicus" Acer et al. 2020.
Publication:
Nemec A. Acinetobacter. In: Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Wiley, Unknown City, 2022, p. 1-78. 🇨🇿
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA - corrected from ‘Acinetobacter Iwoffii’". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 330 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
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⏰ According to Nemec (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acinetobacter mesopotamicus" Acer et al. 2020.
Publication:
Nemec A. Acinetobacter. In: Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Wiley, Unknown City, 2022, p. 1-78.
Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Brisou J, Prevot AR. [Studies on bacterial taxonomy. X. The revision of species under Acromobacter group]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1954; 86:722-728.
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Record number: 772622
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