Name: Rahnella woolbedingensis Brady et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wool.be.ding.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. woolbedingensis, of or belonging to the Woolbeding estate, in honour of Simon David Daven Sainsbury, whose charity, The Monument Trust, has funded oak research

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wool-be-din͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 27399; FRB 227; LMG 27719

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF308409 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 1 time 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: 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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Record number: 792997