Name: Rahnella variigena Brady et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.ri.i.ge’na. L. masc. adj. varius, diverse, different, various; N.L. adj. suff. -genus -gena -genum, born from; from L. v. gigno, to form; N.L. fem. adj. variigena, intended to mean “of different origin”, referring to the diverse sources of the isolates

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105588; LMG 27711

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16S rRNA gene: GQ148969 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brady C, Hunter G, Kirk S, Arnold D, Denman S. Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:545-552.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Previously Rahnella genomospecies 2. Publication: Izard D, Gavini F, Trinel PA, Leclerc H. Rahnella aquatilis, nouveau membre de la famille des Enterobacteriaceae. Ann. Microbiol. 1979; 130A:163-177.

Parent taxon: Rahnella Izard et al. 1981

Assigned by: Brady C, Hunter G, Kirk S, Arnold D, Denman S. Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:545-552.

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