Name: Shinella fusca Vaz-Moreira et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fus’ca. L. fem. adj. fusca, dark, that produces dark colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FUS-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55808; DC-196; DSM 21319; LMG 24714

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM177879 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaz-Moreira I, Faria C, Lopes AR, Svensson LA, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM. Shinella fusca sp. nov., isolated from domestic waste compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:144-148. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06840 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Shinella An et al. 2006

Assigned by: Vaz-Moreira I, Faria C, Lopes AR, Svensson LA, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM. Shinella fusca sp. nov., isolated from domestic waste compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:144-148. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 788320