Name: Leminorella richardii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri.chard’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. richardii, of Richard, named to honor Claude Richard, a French microbiologist at the Pasteur Institute for his many contributions to enteric bacteriology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33998; BE2-2083; CDC 978-82; CIP 103360; DSM 14849; JCM 5905; LMG 7911; NCTC 12151

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF558368 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hickman-Brenner FW, Vohra MP, Huntley-Carter GP, Fanning GR, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ, Farmer JJ. Leminorella, a new genus of Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Leminorella grimontii sp. nov. and Leminorella richardii sp. nov. found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 21:234-239.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Leminorella Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hickman-Brenner FW, Vohra MP, Huntley-Carter GP, Fanning GR, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ, Farmer JJ. Leminorella, a new genus of Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Leminorella grimontii sp. nov. and Leminorella richardii sp. nov. found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 21:234-239.

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