Name: Providencia zhijiangensis Dong et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhi.ji.ang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. zhijiangensis, referring to the Xihu District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China [probably better: zhejiangensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … z͡hi-ji-an͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2023263; D4759; NBRC 116614

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP135990 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dong X, Jia H, Yu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang Y. Correction for Dong et al., "Genomic revisitation and reclassification of the genus Providencia". mSphere 2024; 9:e0028824. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-10.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 See also Dong et al. (2024). Publication: Dong X, Jia H, Yu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang Y. Genomic revisitation and reclassification of the genus Providencia. mSphere 2024; 9:e0073123. 🇨🇳

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dong X, Jia H, Yu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang Y. Correction for Dong et al., "Genomic revisitation and reclassification of the genus Providencia". mSphere 2024; 9:e0028824. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 57172