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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
Nomenclatural type: DSM 116040; K-M0706; LMG 33111
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16S rRNA gene: OQ914362 Analyse FASTA
Original 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.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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