Species "Leptotrichia amnionii"

Name: "Leptotrichia amnionii" Shukla et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: am’ni.on.i.i. L. gen. n. amnionii

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: AMN-1; no type strain designated

16S rRNA gene: AY078425 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Shukla SK, Meier PR, Mitchell PD, Frank DN, Reed KD. Leptotrichia amnionii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the amniotic fluid of a woman after intrauterine fetal demise. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3346-3349. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shukla SK, Meier PR, Mitchell PD, Frank DN, Reed KD. Leptotrichia amnionii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the amniotic fluid of a woman after intrauterine fetal demise. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3346-3349. 🇺🇸

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