Name: Asaia lannensis corrig. Malimas et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lan.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. lannensis, of or pertaining to Lanna, the old name of the region including Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: lan-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AB92; BCC 15733; NBRC 102526

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16S rRNA gene: AB681860 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Malimas T, Yukphan P, Takahashi M, Kaneyasu M, Potacharoen W, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y, Tanticharoen M, Yamada Y. Asaia lannaensis sp. nov., a new acetic acid bacterium in the Alphaproteobacteria. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008; 72:666-671.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Asaia lannaensis Malimas et al. 2008	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• 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 9 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, lannaensis (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Parent taxon: Asaia Yamada et al. 2000

Assigned by: Malimas T, Yukphan P, Takahashi M, Kaneyasu M, Potacharoen W, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y, Tanticharoen M, Yamada Y. Asaia lannaensis sp. nov., a new acetic acid bacterium in the Alphaproteobacteria. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008; 72:666-671.

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