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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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