Name: Pragia fontium Aldová et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti.um. L. gen. masc. pl. n. fontium, from springs or fountains, the mean source of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49100; CCUG 18073; CDC 963-84; CIP 103791; CNCTC Eb 11/82; DRL 20125; DSM 5563; HG16; IP 20125; LMG 7875

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233424 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aldová E, Hausner O, Brenner DJ, Kocmoud Z, Schindler J, Potuzniková B, Petrás P. Pragia fontium gen. nov., sp. nov. of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:183-189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pragia Aldová et al. 1988. Publication: Aldová E, Hausner O, Brenner DJ, Kocmoud Z, Schindler J, Potuzníková B, Petrás P. Pragia fontium gen. nov., sp. nov. of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:183-189.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pragia Aldová et al. 1988

Assigned by: Aldová E, Hausner O, Brenner DJ, Kocmoud Z, Schindler J, Potuzniková B, Petrás P. Pragia fontium gen. nov., sp. nov. of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:183-189.

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