Name: Frischella perrara Engel et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.ra’ra. L. fem. adj. perrara, very rare/ exceptional, referring to its restricted occurrence in the honeybee gut

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2450; NCIMB 14821; PEB0191

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16S rRNA gene: JX878306 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Engel P, Kwong WK, Moran NA. Frischella perrara gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3646-3651.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frischella Engel et al. 2013. Publication: Engel P, Kwong WK, Moran NA. Frischella perrara gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3646-3651.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Frischella Engel et al. 2013

Assigned by: Engel P, Kwong WK, Moran NA. Frischella perrara gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3646-3651.

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Record number: 791188