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Species Helicobacter aurati
Name: Helicobacter aurati Patterson et al. 2002
Etymology: L. masc. perf. part. auratus, adorned with gold, covered with gold, gilded, golden; N.L. gen. masc. n. aurati, of the golden one, named after the golden Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, from which it was isolated
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1; CCUG 47791; MIT 97-5075c
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF297868
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Patterson MM, Schrenzel MD, Feng Y, Xu S, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Thibodeau SA, Versalovic J, Fox JG. Helicobacter aurati sp. nov., a urease-positive Helicobacter species cultured from gastrointestinal tissues of Syrian hamsters. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3722-3728. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 84. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:3-4.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30 [1], this new species is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However deposit in at least one other recognized culture collections in a different country is documented.
Publication:
De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
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🧍 In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2].
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989
Assigned by:
Patterson MM, Schrenzel MD, Feng Y, Xu S, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Thibodeau SA, Versalovic J, Fox JG. Helicobacter aurati sp. nov., a urease-positive Helicobacter species cultured from gastrointestinal tissues of Syrian hamsters. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3722-3728.
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Record number: 783988
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