Name: Yersinia pekkanenii Murros-Kontiainen et al. 2011
Etymology: pek.ka.nen’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. pekkanenii, of Pekkanen, in honour of the Professor Timo Pekkanen, who was a veterinarian and former head of the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Helsinki. He made a substantial contribution to the development of scientific research of food hygiene in Finland
Type strain: AYV7.1KOH2; ÅYV7.1KOH2; DSM 22769; LMG 25369
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16S rRNA gene: KY606578 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Murros-Kontiainen A, Johansson P, Niskanen T, Fredriksson-Ahomaa M, Korkeala H, Bjorkroth J. Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2363-2367.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Murros-Kontiainen A, Johansson P, Niskanen T, Fredriksson-Ahomaa M, Korkeala H, Bjorkroth J. Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2363-2367.
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