Name: Bordetella holmesii Weyant et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. holmesii, of Holmes, named in honor of B. Holmes

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 51541; CCUG 34073; CDC F5101; CIP 104394; DSM 13416; LMG 15945; NCTC 12912

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF601905 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Weyant RS, Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Amin MF, Steigerwalt AG, O'Connor SP, Whitney AM, Daneshvar MI, Moss CW, Brenner DJ. Bordetella holmesii sp. nov., a new gram-negative species associated with septicemia. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 54. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:619-620.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • Bordetella holmesii Weyant et al. 1995 was previously known as CDC nonoxidizer group 2 (NO-2).

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

Assigned by: Weyant RS, Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Amin MF, Steigerwalt AG, O'Connor SP, Whitney AM, Daneshvar MI, Moss CW, Brenner DJ. Bordetella holmesii sp. nov., a new gram-negative species associated with septicemia. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1-7.

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