Species ***Acinetobacter* *towneri***

Name: Acinetobacter towneri Carr et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tow’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. towneri, in honour of Kevin Towner, an English microbiologist who has contributed to our understanding of the genetics of this genus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter TOW-ne-ri, masculine

Type strain: AB1110; CIP 107472; DSM 14962

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF509823 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carr EL, Kampfer P, Patel BK, Gurtler V, Seviour RJ. Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:953-963. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Acinetobacter seohaensis" Yoon et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Nemec (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acinetobacter seohaensis" Yoon et al. 2007. 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08185 (N = 10).
- 😷 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 24 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Carr EL, Kampfer P, Patel BK, Gurtler V, Seviour RJ. Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:953-963. 🇦🇺

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Species Acinetobacter towneri

Species ***Acinetobacter* *towneri***