Name: Shimwellia blattae (Burgess et al. 1973) Priest and Barker 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Escherichia blattae Burgess et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: blat’tae. L. gen. fem. n. blattae, of the cockroach

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29907; CDC 9005-74; CIP 103175; CIP 104942; DSM 4481; HAMBI 1692; JCM 1650; LMG 3030; NCTC 12127

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN175333 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Priest FG, Barker M. Gram-negative bacteria associated with brewery yeasts: reclassification of Obesumbacterium proteus biogroup 2 as Shimwellia pseudoproteus gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Escherichia blattae to Shimwellia blattae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:828-833.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Escherichia blattae Burgess et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08184 (N = 35).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Shimwellia Priest and Barker 2010

Assigned by: Priest FG, Barker M. Gram-negative bacteria associated with brewery yeasts: reclassification of Obesumbacterium proteus biogroup 2 as Shimwellia pseudoproteus gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Escherichia blattae to Shimwellia blattae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:828-833.

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Record number: 788468