Name: Streptobacillus ratti Eisenberg et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rat’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. ratti, of the rat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RAT-ti, masculine

Type strain: DSM 101843; JCM 31098; OGS16

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR001922 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Imaoka K, Kimura M, Glaeser SP, Ewers C, Semmler T, Rau J, Nicklas W, Tanikawa T, Kampfer P. Streptobacillus ratti sp. nov., isolated from a black rat (Rattus rattus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1620-1626. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Imaoka K, Kimura M, Glaeser SP, Ewers C, Semmler T, Rau J, Nicklas W, Tanikawa T, Kampfer P. Streptobacillus ratti sp. nov., isolated from a black rat (Rattus rattus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1620-1626. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 794063