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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Providencia lanzhouensis

Name: Providencia lanzhouensis Xiang et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lan.zhou.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. lanzhouensis, referring to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China, where the type strain was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-wi-DEN-ki-a lan-z͡hou-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2024284; KCTC 8881; PAZ2

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Effective publication: Xiang Y, Dong X, Ma L, Cao D, Li Y, Jiang X, Xu P, Yuan X, Bi K, Zhang Y, et al. Taxonomic and phenotypic characterization of a novel Providencia species: Providencia lanzhouensis sp. nov. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0054925. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Xiang Y, Dong X, Ma L, Cao D, Li Y, Jiang X, Xu P, Yuan X, Bi K, Zhang Y, et al. Taxonomic and phenotypic characterization of a novel Providencia species: Providencia lanzhouensis sp. nov. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0054925. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70330

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