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Species Acinetobacter radioresistens
Name: Acinetobacter radioresistens Nishimura et al. 1988
Etymology: ra.di.o.re.sis.tens. L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; from L. masc. n. radius, ray, beam; L. pres. part. resistens, resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. radioresistens, ray resisting, because of high resistance to gamma-ray irradiation
Type strain: ATCC 43998; CIP 103788; DSM 6976; FO-1; IAM 13186; JCM 9326; LMG 10613; NBRC 102413
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB681769
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Nishimura Y, Ino T, Iizuka H. Acinetobacter radioresistens sp. nov. isolated from cotton and soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:209-211. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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 132 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nishimura Y, Ino T, Iizuka H. Acinetobacter radioresistens sp. nov. isolated from cotton and soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:209-211.
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Record number: 772626
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