Name: Vogesella perlucida Chou et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.lu’ci.da. L. fem. adj. perlucida, transparent, referring to the transparent and colourless colonies, which distinguish it from the type species V. indigofera, which forms blue-pigmented colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17730; DS-28; DSM 22765; LMG 24214

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF626691 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin MC, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Vogesella perlucida sp. nov., a non-pigmented bacterium isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2677-2681.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Lan et al. 2020 Lan K, Cai YM, Li LH, Zeng JM, Yu XG, Qu PH, Li HL, Liu YY, Chen L, Chen C, et al. Vogesella urethralis sp. nov., isolated from human urine, and emended descriptions of Vogesella perlucida and Vogesella mureinivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:624-630. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Vogesella Grimes et al. 1997

Assigned by: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin MC, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Vogesella perlucida sp. nov., a non-pigmented bacterium isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2677-2681.

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Record number: 787656