Name: Howardella ureilytica Cook et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.re.i.ly’ti.ca. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. ureilytica, urea dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15118; GPC 589; JCM 13267

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16S rRNA gene: DQ925472 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cook AR, Riley PW, Murdoch H, Evans PN, McDonald IR. Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2940-2945.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Howardella Cook et al. 2007. Publication: Cook AR, Riley PW, Murdoch H, Evans PN, McDonald IR. Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2940-2945.
  • 😷 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: Howardella Cook et al. 2007

Assigned by: Cook AR, Riley PW, Murdoch H, Evans PN, McDonald IR. Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2940-2945.

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