Name: Kingella indologenes Snell and Lapage 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.do.lo.ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. indolum, indole; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. indologenes, indole-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25869; CCUG 2341; CIP 80.20; DSM 8309; NCTC 10717

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M35015 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Snell JJS, Lapage SP. Transfer of some saccharolytic Moraxella species to Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976, with descriptions of Kingella indologenes sp. nov. and Kingella denitrificans sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:451-458.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Suttonella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) Dewhirst et al. 1990

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Suttonella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) Dewhirst et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kingella indologenes is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kingella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Snell JJS, Lapage SP. Transfer of some saccharolytic Moraxella species to Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976, with descriptions of Kingella indologenes sp. nov. and Kingella denitrificans sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:451-458.

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Record number: 777107