Name: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.fi’pi.a. N.L. fem. n. Afipia, derived from the abbreviation AFIP, for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where the type strain of the type species was isolated

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Afipi-), a-FI-pi-a

Type species: Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1992

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brenner DJ, Hollis DG, Moss CW, English CK, Hall GS, Vincent J, Radosevic J, Birkness KA, Bibb WF, Quinn FD, et al. Proposal of Afipia gen. nov., with Afipia felis sp. nov. (formerly the cat scratch disease bacillus), Afipia clevelandensis sp. nov. (formerly the Cleveland Clinic Foundation strain), Afipia broomeae sp. nov., and three unnamed genospecies. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:2450-2460. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 41. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oligotropha Meyer et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • La Scola et al. 2002 La Scola B, Mallet MN, Grimont PA, Raoult D. Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1773-1782. 🇫🇷 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afipla"; "Afpia"; "Ajipia"; "Alfipia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; CIP: 5; CCUG: 5; ATCC: 5; NCTC: 3; MAFF: 1; VKM: 1; JCM: 1; ICMP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Afipia apatlaconensis" corrig. Sánchez-Reyes et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Afipia apatlaquensis" Sánchez-Reyes et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Afipia birgiae La Scola et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia broomeae Brenner et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia carboxidovorans (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia carboxydohydrogena (Meyer et al. 1980 ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Fatahi-Bafghi 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Afipia cberi" Lo et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Afipia clevelandensis Brenner et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia dichlorophenoxyacetatis Sawada et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Afipia massiliensis La Scola et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Afipia septicemium" Lo et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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