Name: Mixta gaviniae (Popp et al. 2010) Palmer et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pantoea gaviniae Popp et al. 2010

Etymology: ga.vi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gaviniae, of Gavini, in honour of Francoise Gavini, a French microbiologist who first described the genus Pantoea

Pronunciation, gender: ga-WI-ni-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: A18/07; DSM 22758; LMG 25382

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16S rRNA gene: AB907786 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, van Zyl E, Blom J, Venter SN. Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1396-1407.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pantoea gaviniae Popp et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Mixta Palmer et al. 2018

Assigned by: Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, van Zyl E, Blom J, Venter SN. Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1396-1407.

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Record number: 798510