Name: Lautropia mirabilis Gerner-Smidt et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.ra’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. mirabilis, strange, the strange Caulobacter which is unique in its high content of trans-11-methyl-12-octadecenoic acid

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mi-RA-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: AB2188; ATCC 51599; CCUG 34794; CIP 106317; DSM 11362; NCTC 12852

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LR134378 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gerner-Smidt P, Keiser-Nielsen H, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E, Ursing J, Blom J, Christensen AC, Christensen JJ, Frederiksen W, Hoffmann S, et al. Lautropia mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative motile coccus with unusual morphology isolated from the human mouth. Microbiology (Reading) 1994; 140:1787-1797. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lautropia Gerner-Smidt et al. 1995. Publication: Gerner-Smidt P, Keiser-Nielsen H, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E, Ursing J, Blom J, Christensen AC, Christensen JJ, Frederiksen W, Hoffmann S, et al. Lautropia mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative motile coccus with unusual morphology isolated from the human mouth. Microbiology (Reading) 1994; 140:1787-1797. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 37 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lautropia Gerner-Smidt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Gerner-Smidt P, Keiser-Nielsen H, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E, Ursing J, Blom J, Christensen AC, Christensen JJ, Frederiksen W, Hoffmann S, et al. Lautropia mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative motile coccus with unusual morphology isolated from the human mouth. Microbiology (Reading) 1994; 140:1787-1797. 🇩🇪

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