Name: Kingella potus Lawson et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po’tus. L. gen. masc. n. potus, of the drink or drinking, pertaining to Potus flavus, the generic name of the South American kinkajou, the animal from which the organism originated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3/SID/1128; CCUG 49773; DSM 18304; NCTC 13336

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ629192 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lawson PA, Malnick H, Collins MD, Shah JJ, Chattaway MA, Bendall R, Hartley JW. Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an organism isolated from a wound caused by an animal bite. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3526-3529.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 105. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1743-1745.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Malnick H, Collins MD, Shah JJ, Chattaway MA, Bendall R, Hartley JW. Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an organism isolated from a wound caused by an animal bite. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3526-3529.

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