Name: Erysipelothrix aquatica Eisenberg et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, found in water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CIP 111492; DSM 106012; LMG 30351; VA92-K48

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16S rRNA gene: ON024319 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Muhldorfer K, Erhard M, Fawzy A, Kehm S, Ewers C, Semmler T, Blom J, Lipski A, Rau J, et al. Erysipelothrix anatis sp. nov., Erysipelothrix aquatica sp. nov. and Erysipelothrix urinaevulpis sp. nov., three novel species of the genus, and emended description of Erysipelothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5454. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5575.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Muhldorfer K, Erhard M, Fawzy A, Kehm S, Ewers C, Semmler T, Blom J, Lipski A, Rau J, et al. Erysipelothrix anatis sp. nov., Erysipelothrix aquatica sp. nov. and Erysipelothrix urinaevulpis sp. nov., three novel species of the genus, and emended description of Erysipelothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5454. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 29203