Name: Serratia quinivorans corrig. (Grimont et al. 1983) Ashelford et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983

Etymology: qui.ni.vor’ans. N.L. neut. n. acidum quinicum, quinic acid; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. quinivorans, devouring quinic acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 4364; ATCC 33765; CIP 103237; CIP 81.95; DSM 4597; LMG 7887; NCTC 11544

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233435 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ashelford KE, Fry JC, Bailey MJ, Day MJ. Characterization of Serratia isolates from soil, ecological implications and transfer of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to Serratia quinivorans corrig., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2281-2289.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Serratia quinivora (Grimont et al. 1983) Ashelford et al. 2002	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ashelford et al. 2002, the strain 4364 is erroneously cited as 4123 and the strain CIP 81.95 is erroneously cited as CIP 8195. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
  • 🧍 Serratia quinivorans is a new combination not a new species as cited by Ashelford et al. 2002. Publication: Ashelford KE, Fry JC, Bailey MJ, Day MJ. Characterization of Serratia isolates from soil, ecological implications and transfer of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to Serratia quinivorans corrig., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2281-2289.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the epithet, quinivora (sic), has been corrected by Ashelford et al. 2002 [1] to quinivorans. However, this correction contravenes the Note for Rule 61 [2, 3]. Publication: Labeda DP. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2245-2247.

Parent taxon: Serratia Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ashelford KE, Fry JC, Bailey MJ, Day MJ. Characterization of Serratia isolates from soil, ecological implications and transfer of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to Serratia quinivorans corrig., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2281-2289.

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