Name: Caviibacter abscessus Eisenberg et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: abs.ces’sus. L. gen. masc. n. abscessus, of or derived from an abscess, referring to the typical clinical state from where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 39713; DSM 101949

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16S rRNA gene: LOQG01000014 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Ewers C, Semmler T, Drescher B, Kampfer P. Caviibacter abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Leptotrichiaceae isolated from guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1652-1659.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caviibacter Eisenberg et al. 2016. Publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Ewers C, Semmler T, Drescher B, Kampfer P. Caviibacter abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Leptotrichiaceae isolated from guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1652-1659.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Caviibacter Eisenberg et al. 2016

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Ewers C, Semmler T, Drescher B, Kampfer P. Caviibacter abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Leptotrichiaceae isolated from guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1652-1659.

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Record number: 794064