Species Tatumella ptyseos

Name: Tatumella ptyseos Hollis et al. 1982

Category, proposed as: species, 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; H 36; LMG 7888; NCTC 11468

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2012). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2008-2010). Journal of Plant Pathology 2012; 94:21-27. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 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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