Name: Alishewanella fetalis Fonnesbech Vogel et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fe.ta’lis. N.L. fem. adj. fetalis, pertaining to the foetus, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: fe-TA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-284; CCUG 30811; CIP 106648; DSM 16032; Uppsala R2422019

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16S rRNA gene: AF144407 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vogel BF, Venkateswaran K, Christensen H, Falsen E, Christiansen G, Gram L. Polyphasic taxonomic approach in the description of Alishewanella fetalis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a human foetus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1133-1142.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alishewanella Fonnesbech Vogel et al. 2000. Publication: Vogel BF, Venkateswaran K, Christensen H, Falsen E, Christiansen G, Gram L. Polyphasic taxonomic approach in the description of Alishewanella fetalis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a human foetus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1133-1142.
  • 😷 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, note = "+". — 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 8 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Alishewanella Fonnesbech Vogel et al. 2000

Assigned by: Vogel BF, Venkateswaran K, Christensen H, Falsen E, Christiansen G, Gram L. Polyphasic taxonomic approach in the description of Alishewanella fetalis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a human foetus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1133-1142.

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Record number: 773062