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).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Yersiniaceae |
| Genus: | Yersinia |
| Species: | Y. pekkanenii
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| Yersinia pekkanenii Murros-Kontiainen et al., 2011
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Etymology
editYersinia 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
edit- ^ 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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