Name: Avibacterium endocarditidis Bisgaard et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.car.di’ti.dis. N.L. fem. n. endocarditis, endocarditis, the medical term for an infection of the inner heart; N.L. gen. fem. n. endocarditidis, of endocarditis

Pronunciation, gender: en-do-kar-DI-ti-dis, neuter

Type strain: 20186H4H1; CCUG 52860; DSM 18224

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ465412 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bisgaard M, Christensen JP, Bojesen AM, Christensen H. Avibacterium endocarditidis sp. nov., isolated from valvular endocarditis in chickens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1729-1734.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13328 (N = 14).
  • 😷 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". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Avibacterium Blackall et al. 2005

Assigned by: Bisgaard M, Christensen JP, Bojesen AM, Christensen H. Avibacterium endocarditidis sp. nov., isolated from valvular endocarditis in chickens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1729-1734.

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Record number: 786579