Species Oerskovia paurometabola

Name: Oerskovia paurometabola Stackebrandt et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ro.me.ta’bo.la. Gr. masc. adj. paûros, little; Gr. masc./fem. adj. metabolos, changeable; N.L. fem. adj. paurometabola, producing little change

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o͡er-SKO-wi-a pa͡u-ro-me-TA-bo-la, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47105; DSM 14281; JCM 11755; LMG 20385

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ314851 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Breymann S, Steiner U, Prauser H, Weiss N, Schumann P. Re-evaluation of the status of the genus Oerskovia, reclassification of Promicromonospora enterophila (Jager et al. 1983) as Oerskovia enterophila comb. nov. and description of Oerskovia jenensis sp. nov. and Oerskovia paurometabola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1105-1111. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Oerskovia Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Breymann S, Steiner U, Prauser H, Weiss N, Schumann P. Re-evaluation of the status of the genus Oerskovia, reclassification of Promicromonospora enterophila (Jager et al. 1983) as Oerskovia enterophila comb. nov. and description of Oerskovia jenensis sp. nov. and Oerskovia paurometabola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1105-1111. 🇩🇪

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