Name: Comamonas kerstersii Wauters et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ker.sters’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kerstersii, of Kersters, in honour of Karel Kersters, a Belgian microbiologist, for his contribution to bacterial taxonomy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AF61; CCUG 15333; DSM 16026; LMG 3475

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16S rRNA gene: AJ430347 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wauters G, De Baere T, Willems A, Falsen E, Vaneechoutte M. Description of Comamonas aquatica comb. nov. and Comamonas kerstersii sp. nov. for two subgroups of Comamonas terrigena and emended description of Comamonas terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:859-862.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Comamonas kerstersii Wauters et al. 2003 was previously known as Comamonas terrigena DNA group 3. See, Comamonas terrigena (ex Hugh 1962) De Vos et al. 1985 emend. Wauters et al. 2003. Publication: De Vos P, Kersters K, Falsen E, Pot B, Gillis M, Segers P, De Ley J. Comamonas Davis and Park 1962, gen. nov., nom. rev. emend., and Comamonas terrigena Hugh 1962, sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:443-453.

Parent taxon: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985

Assigned by: Wauters G, De Baere T, Willems A, Falsen E, Vaneechoutte M. Description of Comamonas aquatica comb. nov. and Comamonas kerstersii sp. nov. for two subgroups of Comamonas terrigena and emended description of Comamonas terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:859-862.

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Record number: 775079