Name: Rarobacter faecitabidus Yamamoto et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ci.ta.bi.dus. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), dreg; L. masc. adj. tabidus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. faecitabidus, dreg dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49628; CIP 103380; DSM 4813; IFO 14760; JCM 6097; NBRC 14760; YLM-1

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16S rRNA gene: AB056127 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamamoto N, Sato SI, Saito K, Hasuo T, Tadenuma M, Suzuki KI, Tamaoka J, Komagata K. Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:7-11.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988. Publication: Yamamoto N, Sato SI, Saito K, Hasuo T, Tadenuma M, Suzuki KI, Tamaoka J, Komagata K. Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:7-11.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988

Assigned by: Yamamoto N, Sato SI, Saito K, Hasuo T, Tadenuma M, Suzuki KI, Tamaoka J, Komagata K. Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:7-11.

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Record number: 780334