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Species Paracoccus sanguinis

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Alphaproteobacteria Rhodobacterales Paracoccaceae Paracoccus Paracoccus sanguinis

Name: Paracoccus sanguinis McGinnis et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, blood, the source of the isolates is blood

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-KOK-kus SAN-gu͡i-nis, masculine

Type strain: 05503; DSM 29303; LMG 28451

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16S rRNA gene: KJ960184 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: McGinnis JM, Cole JA, Dickinson MC, Mingle LA, Lapierre P, Musser KA, Wolfgang WJ. Paracoccus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens of New York State patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1877-1882. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 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 risk group of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McGinnis JM, Cole JA, Dickinson MC, Mingle LA, Lapierre P, Musser KA, Wolfgang WJ. Paracoccus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens of New York State patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1877-1882. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 792875

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