Yersinia aldovae is a species of bacteria that was originally described as Group X2 Yersinia enterocolitica.[1] Its type strain is CNY 6005 (= CDC 669-83 = ATCC 35236). Y. aldovae has been isolated from aquatic environments and soil, but it has not been associated with animal or human illnesses.[2]

Yersinia aldovae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Yersinia
Species:
Y. aldovae
Binomial name
Yersinia aldovae
Bercovier et al., 1984

Etymology edit

N.L. gen. fem. n. aldovae, of Aldova, named in honor of Eva Aldova, the Czechoslovakian microbiologist who first isolated the bacterium.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bercovier, H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Guiyoule, A.; Huntley-Carter, G.; Brenner, D. J. (1984). "Yersinia aldovae (Formerly Yersinia enterocolitica-Like Group X2): a New Species of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Aquatic Ecosystems". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (2): 166–172. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-2-166. ISSN 0020-7713.
  2. ^ Sulakvelidze A (Apr 2000). "Yersiniae other than Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. pestis: the ignored species". Microbes and Infection. 2 (5): 497–513. doi:10.1016/s1286-4579(00)00311-7. PMID 10865195.

Further reading edit

  • Holt, John Caldwell; Bergey, D. H. (1994). Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-683-00603-7.

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