Rahnella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Rahnella

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Rahnella Izard et al. 1981, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rahnella aquatilis Izard et al. 1981.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Rahnella, named after Otto Rahn, the German-American microbiologist and who proposed the name Enterobacteriaceae in 1937.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 7. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 382-383. [IZARD (D.), GAVINI (F.), TRINEL (P.A.) and LECLERC (H.): Rahnella aquatilis, nouveau membre de la famille des Enterobacteriaceae. Ann. Microbiol., 1979, 130A, 163-177.]
Validation List N° 7 in IJSEM Online

Note: The genus Rahnella Izard et al. 1981 encompasses three genomospecies: GS 1 (Rahnella aquatilis sensu stricto), GS 2 and GS 3. It is not possible to phenotypically differentiate Rahnella aquatilis from the other genomospecies. So, the genomospecies 2 and 3 are not formally named.
Reference: BRENNER (D.J.), MÜLLER (H.E.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), WHITNEY (A.M.), O'HARA (C.M.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Two new Rahnella genomospecies that cannot be phenotypically differentiated from Rahnella aquatilis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 141-149.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rahnella aquatilis Izard et al. 1981, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 133 = ATCC 33071 = CCUG 14185 = CIP 78.65 = DSM 4594 = HAMBI 1280 = JCM 1683 = LMG 2794.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ233426, CP003244 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatilis, living, growing, or found in water, aquatic.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 7. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 382-383. [IZARD (D.), GAVINI (F.), TRINEL (P.A.) and LECLERC (H.): Rahnella aquatilis, nouveau membre de la famille des Enterobacteriaceae. Ann. Microbiol., 1979, 130A, 163-177.]
Validation List N° 7 in IJSEM Online

Note: Rahnella aquatilis Izard et al. 1981 was previously known as Enterobacter cloacae-like class H2.