Name: Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pho.coe.no.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Phocoena; from Gr. fem. n. phôkaina, porpoise; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Phocoenobacter, a rod from a porpoise

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phocoenobacter-), p^ho-ko͡e-no-BAK-ter

Type species: Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nilsen et al. 2025 Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729. 🇳🇴 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCTC: 2; DSM: 2; CCUG: 2; NCIMB: 2; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phocoenobacter atlanticus Nilsen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocoenobacter skyensis (Birkbeck et al. 2002) Nilsen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981

Assigned by: Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139. 🇬🇧

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