Name: Lautropia mirabilis Gerner-Smidt et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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16S rRNA gene: GL636064 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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