Name: Rothia amarae Fan et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’ma.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. amarae, of a trench, conduit, referring to fact that the bacterium was isolated from a sewage duct

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47294; CGMCC 4.1721; DSM 15839; J18; JCM 11375; KCTC 3798

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16S rRNA gene: AY043359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fan Y, Jin Z, Tong J, Li W, Pasciak M, Gamian A, Liu Z, Huang Y. Rothia amarae sp. nov., from sludge of a foul water sewer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2257-2260.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet amarae is a N.L. gen. n. (from Gr. n. amara, trench, conduit, channel) not a L. adj. as cited in the paper by Fan et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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

Assigned by: Fan Y, Jin Z, Tong J, Li W, Pasciak M, Gamian A, Liu Z, Huang Y. Rothia amarae sp. nov., from sludge of a foul water sewer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2257-2260.

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Record number: 780593