Name: Bordetella flabilis Vandamme et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. flabilis, airy, breath-like, referring to the source of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AU10664; CCUG 56827; LMG 28642

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU082162 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme PA, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Inganas E, Falsen E, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ. Bordetella bronchialis sp. nov., Bordetella flabilis sp. nov. and Bordetella sputigena sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens, and reclassification of Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014 as Verticia sediminum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3674-3682.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: Vandamme PA, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Inganas E, Falsen E, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ. Bordetella bronchialis sp. nov., Bordetella flabilis sp. nov. and Bordetella sputigena sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens, and reclassification of Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014 as Verticia sediminum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3674-3682.

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Record number: 793287