Name: Ignavigranum ruoffiae Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ruoff’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. ruoffiae, of Ruoff, named after Kathryn L. Ruoff, an American microbiologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1607-97; ATCC 700630; CCUG 37658; CIP 105896; DSM 15695

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16S rRNA gene: Y16426 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Monasterio R, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:97-101.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ignavigranum Collins et al. 1999. Publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Monasterio R, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:97-101.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as Facklamia". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Ignavigranum Collins et al. 1999

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Monasterio R, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:97-101.

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