Name: Rothia aerolata Kämpfer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.la’ta. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. fem. perf. part. lata, carried; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerolata, airborne

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 140917-MRSA-09; CCM 8669; LMG 29446

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16S rRNA gene: KU878871 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Kleinhagauer T, Busse HJ, Klug K, Jackel U, Glaeser SP. Rothia aerolata sp. nov., isolated from exhaust air of a pig barn. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3102-3107.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Kleinhagauer T, Busse HJ, Klug K, Jackel U, Glaeser SP. Rothia aerolata sp. nov., isolated from exhaust air of a pig barn. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3102-3107.

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Record number: 794326