Name: Castellaniella caeni Liu et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae’ni. L. gen. neut. n. caeni, of sludge

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KA͡E-ni, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22240; Ho-11; KCTC 12197; LMG 23411

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16S rRNA gene: AB681517 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu QM, Ten LN, Im WT, Lee ST. Castellaniella caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from sludge of a leachate treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2141-2146. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

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 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 5 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: Castellaniella Kämpfer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Liu QM, Ten LN, Im WT, Lee ST. Castellaniella caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from sludge of a leachate treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2141-2146. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 787516