Name: Tatumella ptyseos Hollis et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. gen. fem. n. ptyseôs, of/from a spitting (or less literally from sputum, the most common source of clinical isolates); from Gr. fem. n. ptysis, spitting

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33301; CCUG 14188; CDC 9591-78; CDC D6168; CIP 81.97; DSM 5000; H36; LMG 7888; NCTC 11468

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU344770 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hollis DG, Hickman FW, Fanning GR, Farmer JJ, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14:79-88.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Tatumella Hollis et al. 1982. Publication: Hollis DG, Hickman FW, Fanning GR, Farmer JJ, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14:79-88.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
  • Tatumella ptyseos Hollis et al. 1982 was previously known as CDC Group EF-9. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • Complete authorship reads: Hollis, Hickman and Fanning 1982 in Hollis, Hickman, Fanning, Farmer, Weaver and Brenner 1981.

Parent taxon: Tatumella Hollis et al. 1982

Assigned by: Hollis DG, Hickman FW, Fanning GR, Farmer JJ, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14:79-88.

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