Name: Hafnia paralvei Huys et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ve.i par.al’ve.i Gr. pref. para-, besides (also shortened to par); L. gen. n. alvei, of a beehive and also a bacterial epithet; N.L. gen. n. paralvei, organism similar to H. alvei

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29927; CDC 4510-73; LMG 24706

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM179943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huys G, Cnockaert M, Abbott SL, Janda JM, Vandamme P. Hafnia paralvei sp. nov., formerly known as Hafnia alvei hybridization group 2. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1725-1728.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • Hafnia paralvei Huys et al. 2010 was previously known as Hafnia alvei hybridisation group 2 or as Hafnia alvei biogroup 2. Publication: Møller V. Distribution of amino acid decarboxylases in Enterobacteriaceae. Acta Pathologica et Bacteriologica Scandinavica 1954; 35:259-277.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Hafnia Møller 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Huys G, Cnockaert M, Abbott SL, Janda JM, Vandamme P. Hafnia paralvei sp. nov., formerly known as Hafnia alvei hybridization group 2. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1725-1728.

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