Name: Kurthia gibsonii Shaw and Keddie 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gib.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gibsonii, of Gibson, named for T. Gibson

Pronunciation, gender: gib-SO-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43195; CIP 103250; DSM 20636; IFO 15534; JCM 6105; LMG 17316; NBRC 15534; NCIB 9758; NCIMB 9758

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16S rRNA gene: AB271738 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shaw S, Keddie RM. A numerical taxonomic study of the genus Kurthia with a revised description of Kurthia zopfii and a description of Kurthia gibsonii sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:253-276.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10081 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shaw S, Keddie RM. A numerical taxonomic study of the genus Kurthia with a revised description of Kurthia zopfii and a description of Kurthia gibsonii sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:253-276.

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Record number: 777220