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. 2020 Feb;70(2):1315-1320.
doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003918.

Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov

Peter Kämpfer  1 , David Fuglsang-Damgaard  2 , Søren Overballe-Petersen  3 , Henrik Hasman  3 , Anette M Hammerum  3 , Kurt Fuursted  3 , Jochen Blom  4 , Stefanie P Glaeser  1 , Frank Hansen  3
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Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov

Peter Kämpfer et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

The taxonomic status of all Pseudocitrobacter species was re-evaluated by comparative genomics based on whole genome sequencing. As a result, it is obvious that Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis. In addition, genome-based analysis of strain CPO20170097T, isolated from a patient in northern Denmark was allocated to the genus Pseudocitrobacter. This strain showed significant genotypic and phenotypic differences from P. faecalis and it is proposed that this strain represents a novel species of the genus, for which the name Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov. is proposed with the type strain CPO20170097T (=CCUG 73096T=LMG 31042T).

Keywords: Pseudocitrobacter; anthropi; faecalis; genome-based taxonomy.

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