Name: Carnobacterium alterfunditum Franzmann et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ter.fun’di.tum. L. masc. pron. alter, another; N.L. masc. adj. funditus, from the bottom, and a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. neut. adj. alterfunditum, another [Carnobacterium] funditum

Pronunciation, gender: al-ter-FUN-di-tum, neuter

Type strain: ACAM 313; ATCC 49837; CCUG 34643; CIP 105796; DSM 5972; IFO 15548; JCM 12498; LMG 13520; NBRC 15548; pf4

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16S rRNA gene: AB680898 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Franzmann PD, Hopfl P, Weiss N, Tindall BJ. Psychrotrophic, lactic acid-producing bacteria from anoxic waters in Ace Lake, Antarctica; Carnobacterium funditum sp. nov. and Carnobacterium alterfunditum sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1991; 156:255-262.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 44. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:188-189.

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 6 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Franzmann PD, Hopfl P, Weiss N, Tindall BJ. Psychrotrophic, lactic acid-producing bacteria from anoxic waters in Ace Lake, Antarctica; Carnobacterium funditum sp. nov. and Carnobacterium alterfunditum sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1991; 156:255-262.

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Record number: 774481