Name: Hirschia baltica Schlesner et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bal.ti’ca. N.L. fem. adj. baltica, pertaining to the Baltic Sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49814; DSM 5838; IFAM 1418

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16S rRNA gene: AJ421782 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schlesner H, Bartels C, Sittig M, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on a new taxon of budding, hyphal Proteobacteria, Hirschia baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:443-451.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hirschia Schlesner et al. 1990. Publication: Schlesner H, Bartels C, Sittig M, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on a new taxon of budding, hyphal Proteobacteria, Hirschia baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:443-451.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. Publication: Chertkov O, Brown PJ, Kysela DT, de Pedro MA, Lucas S, Copeland A, Lapidus A, Del Rio TG, Tice H, Bruce D, et al. Complete genome sequence of Hirschia baltica type strain (IFAM 1418^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:287-297.

Parent taxon: Hirschia Schlesner et al. 1990

Assigned by: Schlesner H, Bartels C, Sittig M, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on a new taxon of budding, hyphal Proteobacteria, Hirschia baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:443-451.

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