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Species Mucinivorans hirudinis
Name: Mucinivorans hirudinis Nelson et al. 2015
Etymology: hi.ru’di.nis. L. gen. fem. n. hirudinis, of the leech
Type strain: ATCC BAA-2553; DSM 27344; M3
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HG934468
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015.
Publication:
Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015.
Publication:
Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995.
Parent taxon: Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Nelson MC, Bomar L, Maltz M, Graf J. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:990-995.
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Record number: 792635
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