Name: Hespellia porcina Whitehead et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.ci’na. L. fem. adj. porcina, of a pig, pertaining to a pig

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-674; DSM 15481; NRRL B-23458; PC80; PPC80

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF445239 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Hespellia stercorisuis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Hespellia porcina sp. nov., isolated from swine manure storage pits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:241-245.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hespellia Whitehead et al. 2004

Assigned by: Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Hespellia stercorisuis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Hespellia porcina sp. nov., isolated from swine manure storage pits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:241-245.

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Record number: 776901