Name: Bergeyella porcorum Zamora et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.co’rum. L. masc. n. porcus (gen. porci), a hog, pig; L. gen. masc. pl. n. porcorum, of/from pigs

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1350-03; CCUG 67887; CECT 9006

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760315 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zamora L, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF, Vela AI. Bergeyella porcorum sp. nov., isolated from pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:160-163. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

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 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 3 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: Bergeyella Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Zamora L, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF, Vela AI. Bergeyella porcorum sp. nov., isolated from pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:160-163. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 794267