Name: Hyphomonas hirschiana Weiner et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hirsch.i.a’na. N.L. fem. adj. hirschiana, pertaining to Hirsch, named for P. Hirsch for his contributions to the study of prosthecate, budding bacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33886; CIP 106773; DSM 5152; VP5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF863145 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weiner RM, Devine RA, Powell DM, Dagasan L, Moore RL. Hyphomonas oceanitis sp. nov., Hyphomonas hirschiana sp. nov., and Hyphomonas jannaschiana sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:237-243.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.33252 (N = 4).
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hyphomonas (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore et al. 1984

Assigned by: Weiner RM, Devine RA, Powell DM, Dagasan L, Moore RL. Hyphomonas oceanitis sp. nov., Hyphomonas hirschiana sp. nov., and Hyphomonas jannaschiana sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:237-243.

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Record number: 776983