Name: Bordetella sputigena Vandamme et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spu.ti’ge.na. L. neut. n. sputum, spit, sputum; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce, engender; N.L. fem. adj. sputigena, sputum-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spu-TI-ge-na, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 56478; LMG 28641

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KF601914 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 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: 793286