Name: Hespellia stercorisuis Whitehead et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ri.su’is. L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), faeces, manure; L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a pig; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. stercorisuis, from faeces/manure of a pig

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-677; CCUG 46279; DSM 15480; NRRL B-23456; PC18; PPC18

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF445264 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hespellia Whitehead et al. 2004. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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: 776902