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Species Neisseria shayeganii
Name: Neisseria shayeganii Wolfgang et al. 2011
Etymology: sha.ye.ga’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shayeganii, of Shayegani, to recognize and honour over 40 years of public service and leadership by Dr Mehdi Shayegani in the Bacteriology Laboratory of the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … s͡ha-ye-GA-ni-i, feminine
Type strain: 871; CIP 109933; DSM 22246; WC 08-871
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ654664
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wolfgang WJ, Carpenter AN, Cole JA, Gronow S, Habura A, Jose S, Nazarian EJ, Kohlerschmidt DJ, Limberger R, Schoonmaker-Bopp D, et al. Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:91-98. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01288 (N = 11).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 8 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wolfgang WJ, Carpenter AN, Cole JA, Gronow S, Habura A, Jose S, Nazarian EJ, Kohlerschmidt DJ, Limberger R, Schoonmaker-Bopp D, et al. Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:91-98. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 788999
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