Name: Dichelobacter Dewhirst et al. 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Di.che.lo.bac.ter. Gr. masc./fem. adj. dichêlos, cloven hoofed; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dichelobacter, clovenhoofed rod, because this organism is the rod-shaped bacterium that causes footrot in sheep, goats, and cattle

Gender: masculine (stem: Dichelobacter-)

Type species: Dichelobacter nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Dewhirst et al. 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, La Fontaine S, Rood JI. Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:426-433.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Fusiformis]. Publication: Beveridge WIB. Foot-rot in sheep: A transmissible disease due to infection with Fusiformis nodosus (n. sp.). Studies on its causes, epidemiology and control. Council of Scientific Industrial Research Australian Bulletin 1941; 140:1-56.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mraz O. Schizomycetes. In: Mraz O, Tesarcik J, Varejka R (eds), Nomina und Synonyma der pathogenen und saprophytaren Mikroben, isoliert aus den wirtschaftlich oder epidemiologisch bedeutenden Wirbeltieren und Lebensmitteen tierischer Herkunf, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1963, p. 53-334.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dfcbelobacter"; "Dichclobacter"; "Dichefobacter"; "Dichlobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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". — 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 "DIBT" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dichelobacter nodosus (Beveridge 1941) Dewhirst et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Cardiobacteriaceae Dewhirst et al. 1990

Assigned by: Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, La Fontaine S, Rood JI. Transfer of Kingella indologenes (Snell and Lapage 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter gen. nov. as Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter, and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:426-433.

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