Name: Kurthia populi Fang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po’pu.li. L. gen. fem. n. populi, of Populus, the poplar tree

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 10y-14; CFCC 11600; KCTC 33522

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM613132 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fang W, Guo MW, Ruan ZY, Xue H, Wang LF, Tian GZ, Piao CG, Li Y. Multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Kurthia, and a description of Kurthia populi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3788-3793.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

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 0.02495 (N = 11).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p+". — 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 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Fang W, Guo MW, Ruan ZY, Xue H, Wang LF, Tian GZ, Piao CG, Li Y. Multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Kurthia, and a description of Kurthia populi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3788-3793.

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