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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pandoraea commovens

Name: Pandoraea commovens Peeters et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com’mo.vens. L. inf. v. commovere, to trouble, upset; L. fem. part. adj. commovens, troubling

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pan-do-RA͡E-a KOM-mo-wens, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 73378; LMG 31010

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16S rRNA gene: LR536853 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Peeters C, De Canck E, Cnockaert M, De Brandt E, Snauwaert C, Verheyde B, Depoorter E, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ, Vandamme P. Comparative Genomics of Pandoraea, a Genus Enriched in Xenobiotic Biodegradation and Metabolism. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2556. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 192. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1443-1446.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000

Assigned by: Peeters C, De Canck E, Cnockaert M, De Brandt E, Snauwaert C, Verheyde B, Depoorter E, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ, Vandamme P. Comparative Genomics of Pandoraea, a Genus Enriched in Xenobiotic Biodegradation and Metabolism. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2556. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 5412

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