Species "Bacillus choleraesuis"

Name: "Bacillus choleraesuis" Smith 1894

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cho.le.rae.su’is. Gr. fem. n. cholera, cholera; L. masc./fem. n. sus, hog; N.L. gen. fem. n. choleraesuis, of cholera of a hog

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus k^ho-le-ra͡e-SU-is, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13312; CIP 55.133; DSM 14846; F. Kauffmann 1348; JCM 1651; NCTC 5735

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16S rRNA gene: EU014681 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Smith T. The hog-cholera group of bacteria. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry 1894; 6:6-40.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Salmonella typhimurium (Loeffler 1892) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salmonella paratyphi (ex Kayser 1902) Ezaki et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name, lectotype
Salmonella enteritidis (Gaertner 1888) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus enteritidis" Gaertner 1888	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus typhimurium" Loeffler 1892	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus typhi" Schroeter 1886	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Salmonella choleraesuis corrig. (Smith 1894) Weldin 1927 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salmonella typhi (Schroeter 1886) Warren and Scott 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus typhimurium" Loeffler 1892. Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987. Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Salmonella typhimurium (Loeffler 1892) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - human: (*) - biological class of risk animal: 3". — 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith T. The hog-cholera group of bacteria. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry 1894; 6:6-40.

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