Name: Lachnospira pectinoschiza Cornick et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.ti.no.schi.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. — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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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