Name: Rahnella contaminans Jeon et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. fem. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, isolated as a contaminant in the agar plate refrigerated after the isolation of Lactobacillus strains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-TA-mi-nans, feminine

Type strain: KACC 21743; Lac-M11; NBRC 114406

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16S rRNA gene: MT012959 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon D, Kim IS, Lee SD. Rahnella laticis sp. nov. and Rahnella contaminans sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4893. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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: Rahnella Izard et al. 1981

Assigned by: Jeon D, Kim IS, Lee SD. Rahnella laticis sp. nov. and Rahnella contaminans sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4893. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 11703