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

Gender: feminine

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

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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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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