Etymology:N.L. gen. fem. n.davisae, named to honor Betty Davis, the American bacteriologist of the Enteric Bacteriology Laboratories, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, who made many contributions to the biochemical and serological identification of Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae
Valid publication:
Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Farmer Iii JJ, Asbury MA. Cedecea davisae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cedecea lapagei sp. nov., new Enterobacteriaceae from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:317-326.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
2
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cedecea Grimont et al. 1981.Publication:
Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Farmer Iii JJ, Asbury MA. Cedecea davisae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cedecea lapagei sp. nov., new Enterobacteriaceae from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:317-326.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
🧍 In the paper by Grimont et al. 1981 the type strain ATCC 33431 is incorrectly cited as ATCC 3343.Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.