Name: Aquicella lusitana Santos et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.si.ta’na. N.L. fem. adj. lusitana, pertaining to Lusitania, the Roman province in western Iberia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 48880; CIP 107650; DSM 16500; LMG 21647; SGT-39

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY359282 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Santos P, Pinhal I, Rainey FA, Empadinhas N, Costa J, Fields B, Benson R, Verissimo A, Da Costa MS. Gamma-proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:6533-6540.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aquicella Santos et al. 2004. Publication: Santos P, Pinhal I, Rainey FA, Empadinhas N, Costa J, Fields B, Benson R, Verissimo A, Da Costa MS. Gamma-proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:6533-6540.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet lusitana is a L. fem. adj., not a L. fem. n. as cited inthe paper by Santos et al. 2004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Aquicella Santos et al. 2004

Assigned by: Santos P, Pinhal I, Rainey FA, Empadinhas N, Costa J, Fields B, Benson R, Verissimo A, Da Costa MS. Gamma-proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:6533-6540.

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