Name: Cetobacterium ceti Foster et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce’ti. L. gen. masc. n. ceti, of a whale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KE-ti, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700028; M-3333; NCFB 3026; NCIMB 703026

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16S rRNA gene: X78419 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Naylor RD, Collins MD, Ramos CP, Fernandez Garayzabal F, Reid RJ. Cetobacterium ceti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative obligate anaerobe from sea mammals. Lett Appl Microbiol 1995; 21:202-206. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cetobacterium Foster et al. 1996. Publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Naylor RD, Collins MD, Ramos CP, Fernandez Garayzabal F, Reid RJ. Cetobacterium ceti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative obligate anaerobe from sea mammals. Lett Appl Microbiol 1995; 21:202-206. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Cetobacterium Foster et al. 1996

Assigned by: Foster G, Ross HM, Naylor RD, Collins MD, Ramos CP, Fernandez Garayzabal F, Reid RJ. Cetobacterium ceti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative obligate anaerobe from sea mammals. Lett Appl Microbiol 1995; 21:202-206. 🇬🇧

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