Name: Catenibacterium mitsuokai Kageyama and Benno 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mit.su.o’kai. N.L. gen. masc. n. mitsuokai, of Mitsuoka, named after K. Mitsuoka, a Japanese microbiologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 48821; CCUG 48821 A; CCUG 48821 B; CIP 106738; DSM 15897; JCM 10609; RCA 14-39

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16S rRNA gene: AB910738 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kageyama A, Benno Y. Catenibacterium mitsuokai gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1595-1599.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Catenibacterium Kageyama and Benno 2000. Publication: Kageyama A, Benno Y. Catenibacterium mitsuokai gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1595-1599.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was isolated from feces in healthy individuals. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Catenibacterium Kageyama and Benno 2000

Assigned by: Kageyama A, Benno Y. Catenibacterium mitsuokai gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1595-1599.

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Record number: 774509