Name: Providencia rustigianii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rust.i.gi.an’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. rustigianii, of Rustigian, named in honor of Robert Rustigian who did early studies on the Proteus group

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33673; CCUG 15723; CDC 132-68; CIP 103032; DSM 4541; JCM 3953; NCTC 11802

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16S rRNA gene: EU587030 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hickman-Brenner FW, Farmer JJ, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Providencia rustigianii: a new species in the family Enterobacteriaceae formerly known as Providencia alcalifaciens biogroup 3. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 17:1057-1060.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Providencia friedericiana Müller 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Hickman-Brenner et al. (1986), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Providencia friedericiana Müller 1983. Publication: Hickman-Brenner FW, Fanning GR, Mueller HE, Brenner DJ. Priority of Providencia rustigianii Hickman-Brenner, Farmer, Steigerwalt, and Brenner 1983 over Providencia friedericiana Müller 1983. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:565.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hickman-Brenner FW, Farmer JJ, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Providencia rustigianii: a new species in the family Enterobacteriaceae formerly known as Providencia alcalifaciens biogroup 3. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 17:1057-1060.

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Record number: 779890