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Species Veillonella infantium
Name: Veillonella infantium Mashima et al. 2018
Etymology: in.fan’ti.um. L. gen. masc./fem. pl. n. infantium, of children
Type strain: ATCC TSD-88; JCM 31738; T11011-4; TSD-88
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16S rRNA gene:
LC191258
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Mashima I, Liao YC, Miyakawa H, Theodorea CF, Thawboon B, Thaweboon S, Scannapieco FA, Nakazawa F. Veillonella infantium sp. nov., an anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative coccus isolated from tongue biofilm of a Thai child. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1101-1106. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Mashima I, Liao YC, Miyakawa H, Theodorea CF, Thawboon B, Thaweboon S, Scannapieco FA, Nakazawa F. Veillonella infantium sp. nov., an anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative coccus isolated from tongue biofilm of a Thai child. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1101-1106.
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Record number: 797624
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