Name: Gemella taiwanensis Hung et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.wan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80366; JCM 18066; NTUH_5572

16S rRNA gene: HM103934 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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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: 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: 791875