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Species "Bacterium pestis"
Name: "Bacterium pestis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896
Etymology: pes’tis. L. gen. fem. n. pestis, curse
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19428; CIP 80.26; NCTC 5923
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF366383
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, distinct rank
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — 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.
Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831
Assigned by: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
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Record number: 4390
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