Species Helicobacter macacae

Name: Helicobacter macacae Fox et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ca’cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. macacae, from Macaca, the taxonomic genus name for rhesus monkeys, from which the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-li-ko-BAK-ter ma-KA-ka͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55313; LMG 26486; MIT 99-5501

16S rRNA gene: AF333338 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Fox JG, Boutin SR, Handt LK, Taylor NS, Xu S, Rickman B, Marini RP, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Motzel S, et al. Isolation and characterization of a novel helicobacter species, "Helicobacter macacae," from rhesus monkeys with and without chronic idiopathic colitis. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:4061-4063. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3931-3934.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Assigned by: Fox JG, Boutin SR, Handt LK, Taylor NS, Xu S, Rickman B, Marini RP, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Motzel S, et al. Isolation and characterization of a novel helicobacter species, "Helicobacter macacae," from rhesus monkeys with and without chronic idiopathic colitis. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:4061-4063. 🇺🇸

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