Name: Carnobacterium divergens (Holzapfel and Gerber 1984) Collins et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus divergens Holzapfel and Gerber 1984

Etymology: di.ver’gens. N.L. neut. part. adj. divergens, deviating, diverging

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 66; ATCC 35677; CCUG 30094; CIP 101029; DSM 20623; IFO 15683; JCM 5816; JCM 9133; LMG 9199; NBRC 15683; NCDO 2763; NCFB 2763; NCIB 11952; NCIMB 11952; NCTC 13772; NRRL B-14830

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16S rRNA gene: AB680940 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus divergens Holzapfel and Gerber 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987. Publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 136 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2672.
  • 🧍 The name of the fourth author was spelled incorrectly as S. Ferusu. The correct spelling is S. Feresu. — Parte A. Personal communication, 2008-08-15.

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

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