Name: Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium zopfii" Kurth 1883

Etymology: zop’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zopfii, of Zopf, named for W. Zopf, a German botanist

Pronunciation, gender: ZOP-fi-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33403; CCUG 38890; CIP 103249; DSM 20580; JCM 6101; LMG 17318; NBRC 101529; NCIB 9878; NCIMB 9878; NCTC 10597; VKM B-1568

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58800 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium zopfii" Kurth 1883	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = "+". — 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 15 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: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

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Record number: 777222