Name: Escherichia blattae Burgess et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: blat’tae. L. gen. fem. n. blattae, of the cockroach

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29907; CDC 9005-74; CIP 103175; CIP 104942; DSM 4481; HAMBI 1692; JCM 1650; LMG 3030; NCTC 12127

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN175333 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Burgess NRH, McDermott SN, Whiting J. Aerobic bacteria occurring in the hind-gut of the cockroach, Blatta orientalis. Journal of Hygiene (Cambridge) 1973; 71:1-7.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Shimwellia blattae (Burgess et al. 1973) Priest and Barker 2010

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Shimwellia blattae (Burgess et al. 1973) Priest and Barker 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Escherichia blattae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Escherichia.
  • 😷 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Escherichia Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Burgess NRH, McDermott SN, Whiting J. Aerobic bacteria occurring in the hind-gut of the cockroach, Blatta orientalis. Journal of Hygiene (Cambridge) 1973; 71:1-7.

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Record number: 776056