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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … por-KI-na, 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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