Name: Bergeyella Vandamme et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ber.gey.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Bergeyella, named in honor of David H. Bergey, who created, together with his coworkers, the genus Flavobacterium in 1923, for his contributions to the taxononly of the genus Flavobacterium and related bacteria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Bergeyell-), ber-gey-EL-la

Type species: Bergeyella zoohelcum (Holmes et al. 1987) Vandamme et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Bernardet JF, Segers P, Kersters K, Holmes B. New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:827-831. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bernardet et al. (1996) assigned this genus to the family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992. Publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148. 🇫🇷
  • 🧕 Bernardet et al. (2002) assigned this genus to the family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992. Publication: Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070. 🇫🇷
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Weeksella Holmes et al. 1987. Publication: Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Weeksella zoohelcum sp. nov. (formerly group IIj), from human clinical speciemens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:191-196.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Beigeyella"; "Belgeyella"; "Bergella"; "Bergqella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 3; JCM: 2; LMG: 2; CECT: 1; NBRC: 1; CCTCC: 1; DSM: 1; GDMCC: 1; NCCP: 1; NCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bergeyella anatis Liu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bergeyella cardium" Sohn et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Bergeyella porcorum Zamora et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bergeyella zoohelcum (Holmes et al. 1987) Vandamme et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Weeksellaceae García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

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