Name: Brachyspira hampsonii Mirajkar et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hamp.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hampsonii, of Hampson, in recognition of Dr. David J. Hampson for his extensive work on the Brachyspira genus, as first proposed by Chander et al

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hamp-SO-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2463; NCTC 13792; NSH-16

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX232348 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mirajkar NS, Phillips ND, La T, Hampson DJ, Gebhart CJ. Characterization and Recognition of Brachyspira hampsonii sp. nov., a Novel Intestinal Spirochete That Is Pathogenic to Pigs. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:2942-2949. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.

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, note = "t". — 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 42 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Assigned by: Mirajkar NS, Phillips ND, La T, Hampson DJ, Gebhart CJ. Characterization and Recognition of Brachyspira hampsonii sp. nov., a Novel Intestinal Spirochete That Is Pathogenic to Pigs. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:2942-2949. 🇺🇸

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