Name: Gemella parahaemolysans Hung et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.hae.mo.ly’sans. Gr. prep. para, resembling; N.L. pres. part. haemolysans, specific epithet of Gemella haemolysans; N.L. fem. part. adj. parahaemolysans, haemolysans-like (Gemella)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80365; JCM 18067; NTUH_1465

16S rRNA gene: HM103931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hung WC, Chen HJ, Tsai JC, Tseng SP, Lee TF, Hsueh PR, Shieh WY, Teng LJ. Gemella parahaemolysans sp. nov. and Gemella taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2060-2065.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.
  • 🧍 See also Munson and Carroll (2017). Publication: Munson E, Carroll KC. What's in a Name? New Bacterial Species and Changes to Taxonomic Status from 2012 through 2015. J Clin Microbiol 2017; 55:24-42.

Parent taxon: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hung WC, Chen HJ, Tsai JC, Tseng SP, Lee TF, Hsueh PR, Shieh WY, Teng LJ. Gemella parahaemolysans sp. nov. and Gemella taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2060-2065.

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Record number: 791874