Name: Cedecea lapagei Grimont et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.pa’ge.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lapagei, of Lapage, named to honor the late Stephen Lapage, a British bacteriologist who made many contributions to the Enterobacteriaceae, bacterial systematics, and particularly as an editor of the Bacteriological Code

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 004; ATCC 33432; CCUG 12371; CDC 485-76; CIP 80.35; DSM 4587; JCM 1684; LMG 7863

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY797643 Analyse FASTA

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:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Cedecea Grimont et al. 1981

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 774540