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Name: Variovorax durovernensis Alcolea-Medina et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: du.ro.ver.nen’sis. L. masc. adj. durovernensis, pertaining to Durovernum the Latin name of the city of Canterbury, the place where the shepherd likely became infected with the bacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wa-ri-O-wo-rax du-ro-wer-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 30390; GSTT-20; NCTC 14621

16S rRNA gene: OU191593 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Alcolea-Medina A, Snell LB, Payne L, Alder CJ, Turnbull JD, Charalampous T, Bryan L, Klein JL, Edgeworth JD, Batra R, et al. Variovorax durovernensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from an infected prosthetic aortic graft in a human. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6184. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6243.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Variovorax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Alcolea-Medina A, Snell LB, Payne L, Alder CJ, Turnbull JD, Charalampous T, Bryan L, Klein JL, Edgeworth JD, Batra R, et al. Variovorax durovernensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from an infected prosthetic aortic graft in a human. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6184. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 41987

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