Name: Tissierella creatinini Farrow et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.a.ti.ni.ni. N.L. gen. neut. n. creatinini, of creatinine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BN11; CIP 104584; DSM 9508

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ461824 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Farrow JA, Lawson PA, Hippe H, Gauglitz U, Collins MD. Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:436-440. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "TMP". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Tissierella Collins and Shah 1986

Assigned by: Farrow JA, Lawson PA, Hippe H, Gauglitz U, Collins MD. Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:436-440. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 782795