Name: Afipia massiliensis La Scola et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. massiliensis, referring to Massilia, Latin name of Marseille, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-FI-pi-a mas-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 34633; CCUG 45153; CIP 107022; DSM 17498

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY029562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: La Scola B, Mallet MN, Grimont PA, Raoult D. Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1773-1782. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

Assigned by: La Scola B, Mallet MN, Grimont PA, Raoult D. Description of Afipia birgiae sp. nov. and Afipia massiliensis sp. nov. and recognition of Afipia felis genospecies A. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1773-1782. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 772933