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Species Aeromonas popoffii
Name: Aeromonas popoffii Huys et al. 1997
Etymology: po.poff’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. popoffii, of Popoff, named after Michel Popoff, a bacteriologist at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Type strain: ATCC BAA-243; CCUG 39350; CIP 105493; DSM 19604; IK-O-a-10-3; LMG 17541; LMG 317541
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16S rRNA gene:
AJ224308
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Huys G, Kampfer P, Altwegg M, Kersters I, Lamb A, Coopman R, Luthy-Hottenstein J, Vancanneyt M, Janssen P, Kersters K. Aeromonas popoffii sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from drinking water production plants and reservoirs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1165-1171. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 = 1. — 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 21 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.
Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Huys G, Kampfer P, Altwegg M, Kersters I, Lamb A, Coopman R, Luthy-Hottenstein J, Vancanneyt M, Janssen P, Kersters K. Aeromonas popoffii sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from drinking water production plants and reservoirs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1165-1171.
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Record number: 783327
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