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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Providencia pseudovermicola"

Name: "Providencia pseudovermicola" Hamed et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.ver.mi’co.la. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc./fem. n. vermicola, epithet of a Providencia species; N.L. masc./fem. n. pseudovermicola, referring to the incorrect original classification as Providencia vermicola

Pronunciation, gender: pse͡u-do-wer-MI-ko-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CCASU-2024-72; DFU52

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16S rRNA gene: PQ592516 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hamed SM, Darwish MM, Monir R, Taweel AA, Ghanem AI, Hanna IN, Amer MA. Providencia pseudovermicola sp. nov.: redefining Providencia vermicola and unveiling multidrug-resistant strains from diabetic foot ulcers in Egypt. BMC Microbiol 2025; 25:238.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hamed SM, Darwish MM, Monir R, Taweel AA, Ghanem AI, Hanna IN, Amer MA. Providencia pseudovermicola sp. nov.: redefining Providencia vermicola and unveiling multidrug-resistant strains from diabetic foot ulcers in Egypt. BMC Microbiol 2025; 25:238.

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Record number: 64998
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