Name: Trabulsiella guamensis McWhorter et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: guam.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. guamensis, pertaining to Guam, the largest island of the Micronesian group of the Pacific Ocean, where the first strains were isolated

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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. 2 (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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