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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08864 (N = 27).
  • 😷 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". — 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 60 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 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