Name: Alishewanella fetalis Fonnesbech Vogel et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

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 = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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