Name: Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata (Bøvre and Holten 1970) Henriksen and Holten 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e.lon.ga’ta. L. fem. part. adj. elongata, prolonged, elongated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne͡is-SE-ri-a e-lon-GA-ta e-lon-GA-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25295; CCUG 2043; CCUG 2130; CCUG 2130 A; CIP 72.27; DSM 17712; LMG 5124; NCTC 10660

Effective publication: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica Henriksen and Holten 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. Publication: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Bøvre and Holten 1970, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Henriksen SD, Holten E. Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:478-481.

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