Name: "Escherichia hermannii" Dif et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.man’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hermannii, named after George Hermann, a microbiologist who contributed to the study of Escherichia species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … her-MAN-ni-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 33650; CCUG 15714; CDC 980; CDC 980-72; CIP 103176; CIP 104946; DSM 4560; HAMBI 1693; JCM 1473; LMG 7867; NBRC 105704

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16S rRNA gene: JN175345 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Escherichia hermannii Brenner et al. 1983

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Atlantibacter hermannii (Brenner et al. 1983) Hata et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Escherichia hermannii Brenner et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; ATCC 700368: 1 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

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