Name: Kurthia senegalensis Roux et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.ne.ga.len’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. senegalensis, pertaining to Senegal, the country where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CSUR P138; DSM 24641; JC8E

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF824796 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roux V, Lagier JC, Gorlas A, Robert C, Raoult D. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Kurthia senegalensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1319-1330.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01792 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Roux V, Lagier JC, Gorlas A, Robert C, Raoult D. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Kurthia senegalensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1319-1330.

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Record number: 792183