Name: Kushneria sinocarnis Zou and Wang 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.no.car’nis. M.L. fem. n. Sina, China; L. fem. n. caro (gen. carnis), flesh, meat; N.L. gen. fem. n. sinocarnis, of a Chinese meat, relating to the Chinese traditional cured meat from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: si-no-KAR-nis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 209027; DSM 23229; NRRL B-59197; Z35

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ667549 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zou Z, Wang G. Kushneria sinocarnis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Chinese traditional cured meat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1881-1886.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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  • 😷 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 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kushneria Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009

Assigned by: Zou Z, Wang G. Kushneria sinocarnis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Chinese traditional cured meat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1881-1886.

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Record number: 788712