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Species Neisseria flavescens
Name: Neisseria flavescens Branham 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. fem. part. adj. flavescens, becoming golden yellow, turning light yellow
Type strain: ATCC 13120; CCUG 17913; CCUG 345; CIP 73.15; DSM 17633; LMG 5297; NCTC 8263
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
L06168
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Branham SE. A new meningococcus-like organism (Neisseria flavescens n. sp.) from epidemic meningitis. United States Public Health Services Public Health Report 1930; 45:845-849.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07261 (N = 6).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 66 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Branham SE. A new meningococcus-like organism (Neisseria flavescens n. sp.) from epidemic meningitis. United States Public Health Services Public Health Report 1930; 45:845-849.
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Record number: 778631
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