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Species Williamsia sterculiae
Name: Williamsia sterculiae Fang et al. 2013
Etymology: ster.cu’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sterculiae, of the sterculia, relating to the Chinese traditional medicinal plant Sterculia lychnophora Hance, from where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: CPCC 203464; DSM 45741; KCTC 29118
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KC550143
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Fang XM, Su J, Wang H, Wei YZ, Zhang T, Zhao LL, Liu HY, Ma BP, Klenk HP, Zhang YQ, et al. Williamsia sterculiae sp. nov., isolated from a Chinese medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4158-4162. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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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 1 time 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999
Assigned by:
Fang XM, Su J, Wang H, Wei YZ, Zhang T, Zhao LL, Liu HY, Ma BP, Klenk HP, Zhang YQ, et al. Williamsia sterculiae sp. nov., isolated from a Chinese medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4158-4162. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 791288
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