Name: Crossiella equi Donahue et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’qui. L. gen. masc. n. equi, of the horse, referring to the source of isolation of this microorganism, equine placentas

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44580; JCM 12685; LDDC 22291-98; NBRC 101840; NRRL B-24104

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16S rRNA gene: AF245017 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Labeda DP. Crossiella equi sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2169-2173.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Crossiella Labeda 2001

Assigned by: Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Labeda DP. Crossiella equi sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2169-2173.

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Record number: 775279