Name: Kaistia hirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hi.ru’di.nis. L. fem. n. hirudo (gen. hirudinis), a leech; L. gen. fem. n. hirudinis, of a leech

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 8401; CIP 110381; DSM 25966; E94; LMG 26925

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760198 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Kaistia hirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3209-3213.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Kaistia Im et al. 2005

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Kaistia hirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3209-3213.

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Record number: 791118