Name: Trabulsiella guamensis McWhorter et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.a.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. guamensis, pertaining to Guam, the largest island of the Micronesian group of the Pacific Ocean, where the first strains were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tra-bul-si-EL-la gu-a-MEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49490; CDC 370-85; CIP 103637; DSM 16940; JCM 21227; NBRC 103172

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16S rRNA gene: AB681979 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McWhorter AC, Haddock RL, Nocon FA, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ, Aleksic S, Bockemuhl J, Farmer JJ. Trabulsiella guamensis, a new genus and species of the family Enterobacteriaceae that resembles Salmonella subgroups 4 and 5. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:1480-1485. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 41. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Trabulsiella McWhorter et al. 1992. Publication: McWhorter AC, Haddock RL, Nocon FA, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ, Aleksic S, Bockemuhl J, Farmer JJ. Trabulsiella guamensis, a new genus and species of the family Enterobacteriaceae that resembles Salmonella subgroups 4 and 5. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:1480-1485. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Trabulsiella guamensis McWhorter et al. 1992 was previously known as CDC Enteric Group 90. Publication: Palleroni NJ. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894, 237 AL (Nom. Cons., Opin. 5 of the Jud. Comm. 1952, 121). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 323-379. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Trabulsiella McWhorter et al. 1992

Assigned by: McWhorter AC, Haddock RL, Nocon FA, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ, Aleksic S, Bockemuhl J, Farmer JJ. Trabulsiella guamensis, a new genus and species of the family Enterobacteriaceae that resembles Salmonella subgroups 4 and 5. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:1480-1485. 🇺🇸

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