Name: Lachnospira pectinoschiza Cornick et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.ti.nos.chi.za. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; Gr. ind. v. schizô, to split, cleave; N.L. fem. adj. pectinoschiza, pectin-splitting

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 150-1; ATCC 49827

16S rRNA gene: L14675 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cornick NA, Jensen NS, Stahl DA, Hartman PA, Allison MJ. Lachnospira pectinoschiza sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:87-93.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:372.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in ATCC.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The strain ATCC 49827 is no longer available at the ATCC and most probably there is not alternative collection. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2009-12-01.

Parent taxon: Lachnospira Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cornick NA, Jensen NS, Stahl DA, Hartman PA, Allison MJ. Lachnospira pectinoschiza sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:87-93.

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