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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Actinobacillus vicugnae

Name: Actinobacillus vicugnae Kirchner et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.cu’gnae. N.L. gen. fem. n. vicugnae, of Vicugna

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ba-KIL-lus wi-KU-n͡gna͡e, masculine

Type strain: LMG 30745; NCTC 14090; W1618; W16181

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16S rRNA gene: HF565190 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kirchner M, Hunt B, Carson T, Duggett N, Muchowski J, Whatmore AM. Actinobacillus vicugnae sp. nov., isolated from alpaca (Vicugna pacos). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3170-3177. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kirchner M, Hunt B, Carson T, Duggett N, Muchowski J, Whatmore AM. Actinobacillus vicugnae sp. nov., isolated from alpaca (Vicugna pacos). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3170-3177. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 5484

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