Name: Facklamia ignava Collins et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ig.na’va. L. fem. adj. ignava, lazy, unreactive

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 164-97; ATCC 700631; CCUG 37419; CIP 105583; LMG 18981; LMG 189810

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y15716 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Monasterio R, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Facklamia ignava sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2146-2148.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falseniella ignava (Collins et al. 1998) Fotedar et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Facklamia Collins et al. 1997

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Monasterio R, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Facklamia ignava sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2146-2148.

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