Name: Tissierella creatinophila Harms et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.a.ti.no’phi.la. Gr. adj. kreatinos, creatine, referring to meat; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. creatinophila, creatine-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kre-a-ti-NO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 6911; KRE 4

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16S rRNA gene: X80227 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harms C, Schleicher A, Collins MD, Andreesen JR. Tissierella creatinophila sp. nov., a gram-positive, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, creatinine-fermenting organism. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:983-993. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

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. — 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 6 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.
  • 🧍 According to the CCUG curator, CCUG 55419 was received from E. Lang (DSM) and never processed; probably lost. — Moore ERB. Personal communication, 2023-05-25.

Parent taxon: Tissierella Collins and Shah 1986

Assigned by: Harms C, Schleicher A, Collins MD, Andreesen JR. Tissierella creatinophila sp. nov., a gram-positive, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, creatinine-fermenting organism. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:983-993. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 782796