Name: Kerstersia similis Vandamme et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si’mi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. similis, similar, resembling, as strains of the species biochemically resemble strains of Kerstersia gyiorum

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 46999; LMG 5890

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY131212 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, De Brandt E, Houf K, De Baere T. Kerstersia similis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2156-2159.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Kerstersia Coenye et al. 2003

Assigned by: Vandamme P, De Brandt E, Houf K, De Baere T. Kerstersia similis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2156-2159.

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