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Species Serratia sarumanii
Name: Serratia sarumanii Klages et al. 2024
Etymology: sa.ru.ma’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sarumanii, of Saruman, based on the white and later evil wizard from “The Lord of the Rings” as S. sarumanii is a pathogen and, unlike S. marcescens as it was prior identified in the clinic, this species has a white phenotype
Pronunciation, gender: sa-ru-MA-ni-i, feminine
Type strain: DSM 116040; K-M0706; LMG 33111
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OQ914362
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Klages LJ, Kaup O, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Ruckert-Reed C. Classification of a novel Serratia species, isolated from a wound swab in North Rhine-Westphalia: Proposal of Serratia sarumanii sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126527. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-12-10.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Serratia Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Klages LJ, Kaup O, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Ruckert-Reed C. Classification of a novel Serratia species, isolated from a wound swab in North Rhine-Westphalia: Proposal of Serratia sarumanii sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126527.
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Record number: 50556
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