Name: Bordetella avium Kersters et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’vi.um. L. fem. n. avis (gen. avis), bird; L. gen. fem. pl. n. avium, of birds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … A-wi-um, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35086; CCUG 13726; CIP 103348; HAMBI 2160; Hinz 591-77; LMG 1852; NCTC 12033

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16S rRNA gene: AF177666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kersters K, Hinz KH, Hertle A, Segers P, Lievens A, Siegmann O, De Ley J. Bordetella avium sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tracts of turkeys and other birds. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:56-70.

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 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — 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 188 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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Bordetella Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kersters K, Hinz KH, Hertle A, Segers P, Lievens A, Siegmann O, De Ley J. Bordetella avium sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tracts of turkeys and other birds. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:56-70.

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Record number: 774099