Name: Providencia heimbachae Müller et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: heim’bach.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. heimbachae, of Heimbach, named to honor Friederike Heimbach who isolated the 12 original strains of the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35613; CCUG 16446; CDC 8025-83; CIP 103031; DSM 3591; MUA 2-110; NCTC 12003

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16S rRNA gene: KY606570 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Müller HE, O'Hara CM, Fanning GR, Hickman-Brenner FW, Swenson JM, Brenner DJ. Providencia heimbachae, a new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from animals. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:252-256.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Müller HE, O'Hara CM, Fanning GR, Hickman-Brenner FW, Swenson JM, Brenner DJ. Providencia heimbachae, a new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from animals. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:252-256.

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Record number: 779888