Name: Stenotrophomonas forensis Nguyen et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fo.ren’sis. L. fem. adj. forensis, public, referring to the contributions of Public Health Laboratories and the isolation of the type strain in the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences laboratory

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ste-no-tro-PHO-mo-nas fo-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-272; DFS-20110405; NCTC 14893

16S rRNA gene: MZ961363 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Nguyen SV, Edwards D, Vaughn EL, Escobar V, Ali S, Doss JH, Steyer JT, Scott S, Bchara W, Bruns N, et al. Expanding the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex: phylogenomic insights, proposal of Stenotrophomonas forensis sp. nov. and reclassification of two Pseudomonas species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6602. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Stenotrophomonas Palleroni and Bradbury 1993

Assigned by: Nguyen SV, Edwards D, Vaughn EL, Escobar V, Ali S, Doss JH, Steyer JT, Scott S, Bchara W, Bruns N, et al. Expanding the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex: phylogenomic insights, proposal of Stenotrophomonas forensis sp. nov. and reclassification of two Pseudomonas species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6602. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 55591

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