Name: Kushneria pakistanensis Bangash et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.kis.ta.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. pakistanensis, pertaining to Pakistan, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: pa-kis-ta-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: JCM 18802; KCTC 42082; LMG 28525; NCCP 934

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16S rRNA gene: AB970675 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bangash A, Ahmed I, Abbas S, Kudo T, Shahzad A, Fujiwara T, Ohkuma M. Kushneria pakistanensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (Saccharum spontaneum) growing in salt mines of the Karak area in Pakistan. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:991-1000.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kushneria Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009

Assigned by: Bangash A, Ahmed I, Abbas S, Kudo T, Shahzad A, Fujiwara T, Ohkuma M. Kushneria pakistanensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (Saccharum spontaneum) growing in salt mines of the Karak area in Pakistan. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:991-1000.

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Record number: 792984