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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cam.py.lo.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. kampylos, bent, curved; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Campylobacter, a curved rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Campylobacter-), kam-py-lo-BAK-ter

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

Effective 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • 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:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Epsilonproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class V. Epsilonproteobacteria class. 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.
  • 🥇 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Nautiliia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🚋 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cainpylobacter"; "Calmpylobacter"; "Cammlobacter"; "Camphlobacter"; "Camphylobacter"; "Campilobacter"; "Camplobacter"; "Camplylobacter"; "Camplyobacter"; "Campyfobacter"; "Campylabacter"; "Campylabucter"; "Campylobaclcr"; "Campylobacler"; "Campylobacrer"; "Campylobactcr"; "Campylobacte"; "Campylobacteriae"; "Campylobaeter"; "Campylobocter"; "Campylobucter"; "Campylohacter"; "Campyobacter"; "Campyolobacter"; "Campytobacter"; "Camwlobacter"; "Camylobacter"; "Camyobacter"; "Carnpylobacter"; "Carnpylobucter"; "Cnmpylobacter"; "Compyfobocicr"; "Compyloboctcr"; "Cumpylobucter"; "Cxmpylobacter".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SL. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meeting, 2 September 1998, Budapest, Hungary. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1399-1400.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 2 and 4 September 2001, Freiburg, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2339-2341.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW, Miller WG. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, August 27 and August 31 2011, Vancouver, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5312-5314.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW, Miller WG. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, September 15th and 18th 2013, Aberdeen, Scotland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5315-5316.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Miller WG, On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the closed Meeting, 2 September 2009, Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2559-2560.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: minutes of the closed meetings, 17 January and 31 January 2024. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6618.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Miller et al. (2025), Gilbert et al. (2018), Debruyne et al. (2010), Rossi et al. (2009), On et al. (1998). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 66; LMG: 51; NCTC: 36; DSM: 33; ATCC: 27; CIP: 27; JCM: 11; GDMCC: 3; NBIMCC: 3; CECT: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CPBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 51
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 59
Total number of child taxa: 69

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Campylobacter anatolicus Aydin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter armoricus Boukerb et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter aviculae Bryant et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter avium Rossi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter bilis Phung et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter blaseri Gilbert et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter butzleri Kiehlbauch et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter californiensis Miller et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter canadensis Inglis et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter canis Camacho-Suntaxi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter cinaedi Totten et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter coli (Doyle 1948) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter concisus Tanner et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter corcagiensis Koziel et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter cryaerophila Neill et al. 1985	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Campylobacter cryaerophilus corrig. Neill et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter cuniculorum Zanoni et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter curvus (Tanner et al. 1984) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter devanensis Miller et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter estrildidarum Bryant et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Campylobacter faecalis" Blaser et al. 1983	not validly published	preferred name
    "Campylobacter felis" Wang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Campylobacter fennelliae Totten et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter fetus (Smith and Taylor 1919) Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Campylobacter gastrosuis" Wang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Campylobacter geochelonis Piccirillo et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter gracilis (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter helveticus Stanley et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter hepaticus Van et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Campylobacter hominis" Lawson et al. 1998	not validly published	synonym
    Campylobacter hominis Lawson et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter hyoilei Alderton et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter hyointestinalis Gebhart et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter iguaniorum Gilbert et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Campylobacter infans" Bian et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Campylobacter infantis" corrig. Bian et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Campylobacter insulaenigrae Foster et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter jejuni (Jones et al. 1931) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter lanienae Logan et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter lari corrig. Benjamin et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter laridis Benjamin et al. 1984	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Campylobacter magnus Gruntar et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter majalis Lynch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter massiliensis Antezack et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter molothri Miller et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter mucosalis (Lawson et al. 1981 ex Lawson and Rowland 1974) Roop et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter mustelae (Fox et al. 1988) Fox et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter nitrofigilis McClung et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter novaezeelandiae Bloomfield et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter ornithocola Cáceres et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Campylobacter ovis" Wang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Campylobacter peloridis Debruyne et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter pinnipediorum Gilbert et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter porcelli Miller et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter portucalensis Silva et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter pylori corrig. Marshall et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Campylobacter pyloridis Marshall et al. 1985	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Campylobacter rectus (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter showae Etoh et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter sputorum (Prévot 1940) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter subantarcticus Debruyne et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter suis Lynch et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter taeniopygiae Bryant et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter troglodytis Kaur et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter upsaliensis Sandstedt and Ursing 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter ureolyticus (Jackson and Goodman 1978) Vandamme et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter vicugnae Miller et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter volucris Debruyne et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter vulpis Parisi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	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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