Name: Bordetella bronchiseptica (Ferry 1912) Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus bronchisepticus" Ferry 1912

Etymology: bron.chi.sep.ti.ca. Gr. fem. n. bronchia, the bronchial tubes; L. adj. septicus -a -um, producing a putrefaction, putrefying, septic; N.L. fem. adj. bronchiseptica, intended to mean with an infected bronchus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19395; CCUG 219; CIP 55.110; DSM 13414; IFO 13691; LMG 1232; NBRC 13691; NCTC 452

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680479 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moreno-Lopez M. El genero Bordetella. Microbiologia Española 1952; 5:177-181.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus bronchisepticus" Ferry 1912	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and 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 = 2, 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1414 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Moreno-Lopez M. El genero Bordetella. Microbiologia Española 1952; 5:177-181.

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Record number: 774100