Name: Castellaniella hirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hi.ru’di.nis. L. fem. n. hirudo (gen. hirudinis), a leech; L. gen. fem. n. hirudinis, of a leech

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hi-RU-di-nis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62394; DSM 25756; E103; LMG 26910

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ319891 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Castellaniella hirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:521-525. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

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 0.18888 (N = 23).
  • 😷 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 2 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: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Castellaniella hirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:521-525. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 790490