Name: Asaia krungthepensis Yukphan et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: krung.the.pen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. krungthepensis, of or pertaining to Krungthep, the Thai name of Bangkok, Thailand, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: krun͡g-t^he-PEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AA08; BCC 12978; JCM 16128; NBRC 100057; NRIC 535; TISTR 1524

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16S rRNA gene: AB681140 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yukphan P, Potacharoen W, Tanasupawat S, Tanticharoen M, Yamada Y. Asaia krungthepensis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:313-316.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Asaia Yamada et al. 2000

Assigned by: Yukphan P, Potacharoen W, Tanasupawat S, Tanticharoen M, Yamada Y. Asaia krungthepensis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:313-316.

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Record number: 783398