Name: Providencia sneebia Juneja and Lazzaro 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: snee’bi.a. N.L. fem. adj. sneebia, of University SNEEB, a series of informal academic gatherings at Cornell University where properties of these bacteria were extensively discussed

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A; ATCC BAA-1589; DSM 19967

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM038003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Juneja P, Lazzaro BP. Providencia sneebia sp. nov. and Providencia burhodogranariea sp. nov., isolated from wild Drosophila melanogaster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1108-1111.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Juneja P, Lazzaro BP. Providencia sneebia sp. nov. and Providencia burhodogranariea sp. nov., isolated from wild Drosophila melanogaster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1108-1111.

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