Scott V Nguyen, Vicktor H Escobar, Shahin S Ali, Nikhita P Puthuveetil, Joseph R Petrone, Jade L Kirkland, Kaitlyn Gaffney, Corina L Tabron, Noah Wax, James Duncan, Stephen King, Robert Marlow, Amy L Reese, David A Yarmosh, Hannah H McConnell, Ana S Fernandes, John Bagnoli, Briana Benton, Jonathan L Jacobs
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Abstract
Whole-genome sequencing of cultures at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC®) is ongoing, with reference-quality genome sequences for our microbial strains added to the ATCC® Genome Portal on a quarterly basis. Following genome assembly, authentication and taxonomy verification are needed for taxonomic updates based on the circumscription of genomic metrics for a species. Moraxella sp. ATCC 23246T was originally identified as an atypical Moraxella catarrhalis; however, an analysis of the complete and closed genome of this strain indicates that it represents a novel species within the Moraxella genus. We propose the name of Moraxella veridica sp. nov. for this long-mischaracterized strain as whole-genome sequencing was used to uncover the truth of this strain's identity. The type strain is ATCC 23246T (=NCTC 4103T).
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Published by the Microbiology Society and owned by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP), a committee of the Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology is the leading forum for the publication of novel microbial taxa and the ICSP’s official journal of record for prokaryotic names.
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