Name: Austwickia chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) Hamada et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Dermatophilus chelonae Masters et al. 1995

Etymology: che.lo’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. chelonae, of a turtle or tortoise

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51576; CCUG 47447; DSM 44178; JCM 9706; NBRC 105200; W16

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ243919 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermatophilus chelonae Masters et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Austwickia Hamada et al. 2011. Publication: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. — 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Austwickia Hamada et al. 2011

Assigned by: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.

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