Species Providencia manganoxydans

Name: Providencia manganoxydans Li et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: man.gan.o’xy.dans. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. fem. part. adj. manganoxydans, manganese-oxidizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-wi-DEN-ki-a man-gan-O-xy-dans, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2021154; KCTC 92091; LLDRA6

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16S rRNA gene: MH644827 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Z, Liao F, Ding Z, Chen S, Li D. Providencia manganoxydans sp. nov., a Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium isolated from heavy metal contaminated soils in Hunan Province, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5474. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5644.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li Z, Liao F, Ding Z, Chen S, Li D. Providencia manganoxydans sp. nov., a Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium isolated from heavy metal contaminated soils in Hunan Province, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5474. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 29656