Name: Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis Kämpfer et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ven.di.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. vendiensis, of the geographical location Vendia, the latinized word for the Danish region of discovery, Vendsyssel

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wen-di-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 73096; CPO20170097; LMG 31042

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16S rRNA gene: MK170368 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Fuglsang-Damgaard D, Overballe-Petersen S, Hasman H, Hammerum AM, Fuursted K, Blom J, Glaeser SP, Hansen F. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1315-1320. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudocitrobacter Kämpfer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Fuglsang-Damgaard D, Overballe-Petersen S, Hasman H, Hammerum AM, Fuursted K, Blom J, Glaeser SP, Hansen F. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1315-1320. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 5813