Name: Niabella hirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hi.ru’di.nis. L. gen. fem. n. hirudinis, of a leech

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-a-BEL-la hi-RU-di-nis, feminine

Type strain: CCM 8411; DSM 25812; E96; LMG 26956

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16S rRNA gene: MT760200 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Niabella hirudinis and Niabella drilacis sp. nov., isolated from the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3487-3493. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Niabella Kim et al. 2007

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Niabella hirudinis and Niabella drilacis sp. nov., isolated from the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3487-3493. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 791113