Name: Allofrancisella guangzhouensis (Qu et al. 2013) Qu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013

Etymology: guang.zhou.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. guangzhouensis, of or pertaining to Guangzhou, the city in Guangdong province, China, where the first strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 08HL01032; ATCC BAA-2361; CCUG 60119; NCTC 13503

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ591095 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qu PH, Li Y, Salam N, Chen SY, Liu L, Gu Q, Fang BZ, Xiao M, Li M, Chen C, et al. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4832-4838.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07461 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Allofrancisella Qu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Qu PH, Li Y, Salam N, Chen SY, Liu L, Gu Q, Fang BZ, Xiao M, Li M, Chen C, et al. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4832-4838.

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Record number: 794839