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Species Stenotrophomonas forensis
Name: Stenotrophomonas forensis Nguyen et al. 2024
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: … fo-REN-sis, feminine
Type strain: ATCC TSD-272; DFS-20110405; NCTC 14893
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MZ961363
Analyse
FASTA
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. 
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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)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21143 (N = 9).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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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