Name: Bordetella hinzii Vandamme et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hin’zi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hinzii, of Hinz, named in honor of K.-H. Hinz

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51783; CCUG 33847; CIP 104527; DSM 11333; JCM 15550; LMG 13501; TC 58

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF177667 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Monsieurs M, Hoste B, Cookson B, Wirsing von Konig CH, Kersters K, Blackall PJ. Bordetella hinzii sp. nov., isolated from poultry and humans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:37-45.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10307 (N = 25).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 60 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: Vandamme P, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Monsieurs M, Hoste B, Cookson B, Wirsing von Konig CH, Kersters K, Blackall PJ. Bordetella hinzii sp. nov., isolated from poultry and humans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:37-45.

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Record number: 774101