Name: Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u’te.ri. L. gen. masc. n. uteri, uterus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700972; CIP 106491; DSM 15746; M1063U; M1063U/93; NCTC 12872

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X89379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000. Publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Uteri is the genitive of the Latin name uterus -i, not the genitive of the Latin name uteris (sic) as cited in the paper by Foster et al. 2000. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000

Assigned by: Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139.

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