Name: Sodalis praecaptivus Chari et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: prae.cap.ti.vus. L. prep. prae, before; L. masc. adj. captivus, taken prisoner; N.L. masc. adj. praecaptivus, not yet taken prisoner

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2554; DSM 27494; HS

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16S rRNA gene: JX444565 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chari A, Oakeson KF, Enomoto S, Jackson DG, Fisher MA, Dale C. Phenotypic characterization of Sodalis praecaptivus sp. nov., a close non-insect-associated member of the Sodalis-allied lineage of insect endosymbionts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1400-1405.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.

Parent taxon: Sodalis Dale and Maudlin 1999

Assigned by: Chari A, Oakeson KF, Enomoto S, Jackson DG, Fisher MA, Dale C. Phenotypic characterization of Sodalis praecaptivus sp. nov., a close non-insect-associated member of the Sodalis-allied lineage of insect endosymbionts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1400-1405.

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Record number: 792825