Name: "Leptotrichia sanguinegens" Hanff et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sanguin.e.gens. L. masc. n. sanguis, blood; L. pres. part. egens, needing; N.L. part. adj. sanguinegens, needing blood because the taxon requires blood or serum for growth

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Hanff PA, Rosol-Donoghue JA, Spiegel CA, Wilson KH, Moore LH. Leptotrichia sanguinegens sp. nov., a new agent of postpartum and neonatal bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 20:S237-S239.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hanff PA, Rosol-Donoghue JA, Spiegel CA, Wilson KH, Moore LH. Leptotrichia sanguinegens sp. nov., a new agent of postpartum and neonatal bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 20:S237-S239.

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Record number: 777519