Name: Pseudoclavibacter chungangensis Cho et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chung.ang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. chungangensis, named after Chung-Ang University, where the taxonomic studies on the type strain were performed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^hun͡g-an͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CAU 59; CCUG 58142; DSM 23821; KCTC 22691

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ514934 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho SL, Jung MY, Park MH, Chang YH, Yoon JH, Myung SC, Kim W. Pseudoclavibacter chungangensis sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1672-1677. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudoclavibacter Manaia et al. 2004

Assigned by: Cho SL, Jung MY, Park MH, Chang YH, Yoon JH, Myung SC, Kim W. Pseudoclavibacter chungangensis sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1672-1677. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788616