Name: Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus Gilbert et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ca.le.do’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. caledonicus, from Caledonia (Scotland), the geographical area from where the organism has been isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 68650; LMG 29473; M302/10/6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP017018 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gilbert MJ, Miller WG, Leger JS, Chapman MH, Timmerman AJ, Duim B, Foster G, Wagenaar JA. Campylobacter pinnipediorum sp. nov., isolated from pinnipeds, comprising Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum subsp. nov. and Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1961-1968.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Campylobacter pinnipediorum Gilbert et al. 2017

Assigned by: Gilbert MJ, Miller WG, Leger JS, Chapman MH, Timmerman AJ, Duim B, Foster G, Wagenaar JA. Campylobacter pinnipediorum sp. nov., isolated from pinnipeds, comprising Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum subsp. nov. and Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1961-1968.

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