Name: Sharpea azabuensis Morita et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aza.bu.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. azabuensis, arbitrary name referring to the fact that the study in which the species was described was supported by the Azabu 'Academic Frontier' Project for Private Universities Matching Fund Subsidy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18934; JCM 14210; ST18

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB210824 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morita H, Shiratori C, Murakami M, Takami H, Toh H, Kato Y, Nakajima F, Takagi M, Akita H, Masaoka T, et al. Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2682-2686.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sharpea Morita et al. 2008. Publication: Morita H, Shiratori C, Murakami M, Takami H, Toh H, Kato Y, Nakajima F, Takagi M, Akita H, Masaoka T, et al. Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2682-2686.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sharpea Morita et al. 2008

Assigned by: Morita H, Shiratori C, Murakami M, Takami H, Toh H, Kato Y, Nakajima F, Takagi M, Akita H, Masaoka T, et al. Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2682-2686.

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