Name: Selenomonas artemidis Moore et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. gen. fem. n. artemidis, of Artemis, goddess of the moon, referring to crescent shape of the cells

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43528; DSM 19719; JCM 8543; VPI D22B-14

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16S rRNA gene: LC037219 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moore LVH, Johnson JL, Moore WEC. Selenomonas noxia sp. nov., Selenomonas flueggei sp. nov., Selenomonas infelix sp. nov., Selenomonas dianae sp. nov., and Selenomonas artemidis sp. nov., from the human gingival crevice. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:271-280.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • On page 279, the type strain is incorrectly cited as ATCC 43928. 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.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore LVH, Johnson JL, Moore WEC. Selenomonas noxia sp. nov., Selenomonas flueggei sp. nov., Selenomonas infelix sp. nov., Selenomonas dianae sp. nov., and Selenomonas artemidis sp. nov., from the human gingival crevice. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:271-280.

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