Name: Pelistega ratti Zhou et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rat’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. ratti, of a rat, of the genus Rattus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RAT-ti, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.1697; JCM 33788; NLN63

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16S rRNA gene: MN369768 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou X, Xuan D, Hu S, Du J, Pu J, Jin D, Zhao F, Yin F, Cui X, Huang Y, et al. Pelistega ratti sp. nov. from Rattus norvegicus of Hainan island. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zhou X, Xuan D, Hu S, Du J, Pu J, Jin D, Zhao F, Yin F, Cui X, Huang Y, et al. Pelistega ratti sp. nov. from Rattus norvegicus of Hainan island. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 18848