Name: Wolinella recta Tanner et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rec’ta. L. fem. part. adj. recta, straight

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33238; CCUG 20446; CCUG 20446 B; CIP 103748; DSM 3260; FDC 371; JCM 6301; NCTC 11489

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB595133 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Campylobacter rectus (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1991

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Campylobacter rectus (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Wolinella recta is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Wolinella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 91 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Wolinella Tanner et al. 1981

Assigned by: Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.

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Record number: 783116