Name: Kosakonia quasisacchari Wang et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: qua.si.sac’cha.ri. L. conj. quasi, almost, nearly; N.L. gen. neut. n. sacchari, of sugar and a specific epithet in the genus Kosakonia; N.L. gen. neut. n. quasisacchari, referring to the fact that the species is most closely related to K. sacchari

Gender: feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.1570; NCTC 14272; WCHEs120001

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16S rRNA gene: MK567956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Kosakonia quasisacchari sp. nov. recovered from human wound secretion in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3164-3169.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.

Parent taxon: Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013

Assigned by: Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Kosakonia quasisacchari sp. nov. recovered from human wound secretion in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3164-3169.

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Record number: 5525