Name: Robinsoniella peoriensis Cotta et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: peo.ri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. peoriensis, pertaining to Peoria, a city in Illinois, USA, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 48729; NRRL B-23985; PPC31

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF445285 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Robinsoniella peoriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit and a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:150-155.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Robinsoniella Cotta et al. 2009. Publication: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Robinsoniella peoriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit and a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:150-155.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Robinsoniella Cotta et al. 2009

Assigned by: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Robinsoniella peoriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit and a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:150-155.

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