Name: Carnobacterium mobile Collins et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, movable, motile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49516; CCUG 30096; CIP 103159; DSM 4848; JCM 12516; LMG 9842; MT37L; NCFB 2765; NCIMB 12847; NRRL B-14831

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16S rRNA gene: AB083414 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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07629 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 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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Record number: 774487