Name: Thorsellia kandunguensis Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kan.dun.gu.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kandunguensis, of or belonging to Kandungu village, Mwea, PE Kenya, referring to the location of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 110794; DSM 28569; LMG 28213; W5.1.1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KM269289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Nilsson LKJ, Eberhard T, Hakansson S, Guy L, Roos S, Busse HJ, Terenius O. Proposal of Thorsellia kenyensis sp. nov. and Thorsellia kandunguensis sp. nov., isolated from larvae of Anopheles arabiensis, as members of the family Thorselliaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:444-451.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thorsellia Kämpfer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Nilsson LKJ, Eberhard T, Hakansson S, Guy L, Roos S, Busse HJ, Terenius O. Proposal of Thorsellia kenyensis sp. nov. and Thorsellia kandunguensis sp. nov., isolated from larvae of Anopheles arabiensis, as members of the family Thorselliaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:444-451.

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Record number: 792574