Name: Arcanobacterium bonasi Lehnen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.na’si. L. gen. masc. n. bonasi, of the European bison (Bison bonasus) from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2(W106/04); DSM 17163; NCTC 13355

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ879697 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lehnen A, Busse HJ, Frolich K, Krasinska M, Kampfer P, Speck S. Arcanobacterium bialowiezense sp. nov. and Arcanobacterium bonasi sp. nov., isolated from the prepuce of European bison bulls (Bison bonasus) suffering from balanoposthitis, and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:861-866.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trueperella bonasi (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Trueperella bonasi (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Arcanobacterium bonasi is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Arcanobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: Lehnen A, Busse HJ, Frolich K, Krasinska M, Kampfer P, Speck S. Arcanobacterium bialowiezense sp. nov. and Arcanobacterium bonasi sp. nov., isolated from the prepuce of European bison bulls (Bison bonasus) suffering from balanoposthitis, and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:861-866.

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