Name: Kosakonia quasisacchari Wang et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: qua.si.sac’cha.ri. L. conj. quasi, almost, nearly; N.L. gen. neut. n. sacchari, of sugar and a specific epithet in the genus Kosakonia; N.L. gen. neut. n. quasisacchari, referring to the fact that the species is most closely related to K. sacchari

Gender: feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.1570; NCTC 14272; WCHEs120001

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16S rRNA gene: MK567956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Kosakonia quasisacchari sp. nov. recovered from human wound secretion in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3164-3169.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 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: Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013

Assigned by: Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Kosakonia quasisacchari sp. nov. recovered from human wound secretion in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3164-3169.

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Record number: 5525