Name: Campylobacter Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adj. kampulos, bent, curved; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Campylobacter, a curved rod

Gender: masculine

Type species: Campylobacter fetus (Smith and Taylor 1919) Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sebald M, Veron M. [BASE DNA CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF VIBRIOS]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1963; 105:897-910.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Tanner et al. 1981 Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.
  • Vandamme et al. 1991 Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.
  • Vandamme et al. 2010 Vandamme P, Debruyne L, De Brandt E, Falsen E. Reclassification of Bacteroides ureolyticus as Campylobacter ureolyticus comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Campylobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2016-2022. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991. Publication: Vandamme P, De Ley J. Proposal for a new family, Campylobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:451-455.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Campylobacterales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Campylobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1145.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Smith T, Taylor MS. SOME MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE SPIRILLA (VIBRIO FETUS, N. SP.) ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE OF THE FETAL MEMBRANES IN CATTLE. J Exp Med 1919; 30:299-311.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Campylobacrer".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 33
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 41
Total number of child taxa: 46

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Campylobacter armoricus Boukerb et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter avium Rossi et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter blaseri Gilbert et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter butzleri Kiehlbauch et al. 1991	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter canadensis Inglis et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter cinaedi Totten et al. 1988	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter coli (Doyle 1948) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter concisus Tanner et al. 1981	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter corcagiensis Koziel et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter cryaerophila (sic) Neill et al. 1985	misspelling	synonym
    Campylobacter cryaerophilus corrig. Neill et al. 1985	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter cuniculorum Zanoni et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter curvus (Tanner et al. 1984) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter fennelliae Totten et al. 1988	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter fetus (Smith and Taylor 1919) Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter geochelonis Piccirillo et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter gracilis (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1995	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter helveticus Stanley et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter hepaticus Van et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Campylobacter hominis" Lawson et al. 1998	not validly published
    Campylobacter hominis Lawson et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter hyoilei Alderton et al. 1995	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter hyointestinalis Gebhart et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter iguaniorum Gilbert et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter insulaenigrae Foster et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter jejuni (Jones et al. 1931) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter lanienae Logan et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter lari corrig. Benjamin et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter laridis (sic) Benjamin et al. 1984	misspelling	synonym
    Campylobacter mucosalis (Lawson et al. 1981) Roop et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter mustelae (Fox et al. 1988) Fox et al. 1989	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter nitrofigilis McClung et al. 1983	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter novaezeelandiae Bloomfield et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter ornithocola Cáceres et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter peloridis Debruyne et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter pinnipediorum Gilbert et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter pylori corrig. Marshall et al. 1985	validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter pyloridis (sic) Marshall et al. 1985	misspelling	synonym
    Campylobacter rectus (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter showae Etoh et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter sputorum (Prévot 1940) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter subantarcticus Debruyne et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    "Campylobacter troglodytis" Kaur et al. 2011	not validly published
    Campylobacter upsaliensis Sandstedt and Ursing 1991	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter ureolyticus (Jackson and Goodman 1978) Vandamme et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Campylobacter volucris Debruyne et al. 2010	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991

Assigned by: Vandamme P, De Ley J. Proposal for a new family, Campylobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:451-455.

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