Name: Riemerella Segers et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rie.me.rel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Riemerella, named in honour of Riemer, who first described R. anatipestifer infections in geese in 1904 and referred to the disease as septicaemia anserum exsudativa

Gender: feminine (stem: Riemerell-)

Type species: Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Segers P, Mannheim W, Vancanneyt M, De Brandt K, Hinz KH, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Riemerella anatipestifer gen. nov., comb. nov., the causative agent of septicemia anserum exsudativa, and its phylogenetic affiliation within the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga rRNA homology group. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:768-776.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Vancanneyt et al. 1999 Vancanneyt M, Vandamme P, Segers P, Torck U, Coopman R, Kersters K, Hinz KH. Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:289-295. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Rubbenstroth et al. 2013 Rubbenstroth D, Ryll M, Hotzel H, Christensen H, Knobloch JK, Rautenschlein S, Bisgaard M. Description of Riemerella columbipharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharynx of healthy domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica), and emended descriptions of the genus Riemerella, Riemerella anatipestifer and Riemerella columbina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:280-287. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• 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 [Pfeifferella]. Publication: Hendrickson JM, Hilbert KF. A new and serious septicemic disease of young ducks with a description of the causative organism, Pfeifferella anatipestifer. Cornell Veterinarian 1932; 22:239-252.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bruner DW, Fabricant J. A strain of Moraxella anatipestifer (Pfeifferella anatipestifer) isolated from ducks. Cornell Vet 1954; 44:461-464.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Reimerella"; "Riemeralla"; "Riernerella"; "Rimerella"; "Rzemerella".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Anonymous NN. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-Like Bacteria: Minutes of the Meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1997; 47:593-594.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 5; CIP: 3; NCTC: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; JCM: 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". — 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: 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
    Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Riemerella columbipharyngis Rubbenstroth et al. 2013	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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