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Species Acinetobacter portensis
Name: Acinetobacter portensis Carvalheira et al. 2020
Etymology: por.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. portensis, pertaining to Porto, a city of Portugal where the first four strains of this species were isolated [probably better: portonensis]
Pronunciation, gender: … por-TEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: AC 877; CCM 8789; CCUG 68672
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KX870877
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Carvalheira A, Gonzales-Siles L, Salva-Serra F, Lindgren A, Svensson-Stadler L, Thorell K, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Karlsson R, Silva J, Teixeira P, et al. Acinetobacter portensis sp. nov. and Acinetobacter guerrae sp. nov., isolated from raw meat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4544-4554. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.
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 "Acinetobacter pullorum" Elnar et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Nemec (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acinetobacter pullorum" Elnar 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. 🇨🇿
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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 genus.
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⏰ According to Nemec (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acinetobacter pullorum" Elnar 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:
Carvalheira A, Gonzales-Siles L, Salva-Serra F, Lindgren A, Svensson-Stadler L, Thorell K, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Karlsson R, Silva J, Teixeira P, et al. Acinetobacter portensis sp. nov. and Acinetobacter guerrae sp. nov., isolated from raw meat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4544-4554. 🇵🇹
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Record number: 8497
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