Name: Propionibacterium australiense Bernard et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra.li.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. australiense, of or belonging to Australia, the country where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 98A072; ATCC BAA-264; CCUG 46075; DSM 15818; LCDC 98A072; NML 98-A-072

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16S rRNA gene: AF225962 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bernard KA, Shuttleworth L, Munro C, Forbes-Faulkner JC, Pitt D, Norton JH, Thomas AD. Propionibacterium australiense sp. nov. derived from granulumatous bovine lesions. Anaerobe 2002; 8:41-47.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 88. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1915-1916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bernard KA, Shuttleworth L, Munro C, Forbes-Faulkner JC, Pitt D, Norton JH, Thomas AD. Propionibacterium australiense sp. nov. derived from granulumatous bovine lesions. Anaerobe 2002; 8:41-47.

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Record number: 779821