Name: Ignatzschineria indica Gupta et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, Indian, named after source of isolation of the strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22309; FFA1; KCTC 22643; NCIM 5325

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU008088 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta AK, Dharne MS, Rangrez AY, Verma P, Ghate HV, Rohde M, Patole MS, Shouche YS. Ignatzschineria indica sp. nov. and Ignatzschineria ureiclastica sp. nov., isolated from adult flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1360-1369. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Ignatzschineria Tóth et al. 2007

Assigned by: Gupta AK, Dharne MS, Rangrez AY, Verma P, Ghate HV, Rohde M, Patole MS, Shouche YS. Ignatzschineria indica sp. nov. and Ignatzschineria ureiclastica sp. nov., isolated from adult flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1360-1369. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 789287