Yersinia pekkanenii is a Gram-negative species of Yersinia that has been isolated from water, soil, and lettuce samples.[1] The type strain is ÅYV7.1KOH2 (= DSM 22769 = LMG 25369).

Yersinia pekkanenii
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Yersinia
Species:
Y. pekkanenii
Binomial name
Yersinia pekkanenii
Murros-Kontiainen et al., 2011

Etymology

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Yersinia pekkanenii, N.L. gen. masc. n. pekkanenii, of Pekkanen, in honor of Professor Timo Pekkanen, who was a veterinarian and former head of the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Helsinki. He made a substantial contribution to the development of scientific research of food hygiene in Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Murros-Kontiainen, A.; Johansson, P.; Niskanen, T.; Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M.; Korkeala, H.; Björkroth, J. (2011). "Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (10): 2363–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019984-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 21037033.
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