Name: Bosea vestrisii La Scola et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ves.tri’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vestrisii, of Vestris, to honour Guy Vestris, a technician in the Unité des Rickettsies, for his many contributions to the isolation of obligate intracellular bacteria, especially Rickettsiaceae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: BO-se-a wes-TRI-si-i, feminine

Type strain: 34635; CCUG 43114; CIP 106340; DSM 21229

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF288306 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: La Scola B, Mallet MN, Grimont PA, Raoult D. Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:15-20. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allobosea vestrisii (La Scola et al. 2003) Deshmukh and Oren 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allobosea vestrisii (La Scola et al. 2003) Deshmukh and Oren 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Bosea Das et al. 1996

Assigned by: La Scola B, Mallet MN, Grimont PA, Raoult D. Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:15-20. 🇫🇷

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