Name: Facklamia languida Lawson et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lan.gui.da. L. fem. adj. languida, languid, pertaining to the lack of activity of the organisms in biochemical tests

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1144-97; CCUG 37842; CIP 105964

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18053 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Facklamia languida sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:1161-1164.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 70. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:935-936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Facklamia Collins et al. 1997

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Facklamia languida sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:1161-1164.

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