Species Campylobacter cinaedi

Name: Campylobacter cinaedi Totten et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ci.nae’di. L. gen. masc. n. cinaedi, of a homosexual

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kam-py-lo-BAK-ter ki-NA͡E-di, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 18818; CIP 103752; DSM 5359; Fennell 165; LMG 7543; NCTC 12423

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M88150 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Totten PA, Fennell CL, Tenover FC, Wezenberg JM, Perine PL, Stamm WE, Holmes KK. Campylobacter cinaedi (sp. nov.) and Campylobacter fennelliae (sp. nov.): two new Campylobacter species associated with enteric disease in homosexual men. J Infect Dis 1985; 151:131-139.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Helicobacter cinaedi (Totten et al. 1988) Vandamme et al. 1991

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Helicobacter cinaedi (Totten et al. 1988) Vandamme et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Campylobacter cinaedi is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Campylobacter.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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, note = "PV". — 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 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 It is a strain of Campylobacter fennelliae (Helicobacter fennelliae) [2, 3]. Publication: Kuhnert P, Burnens AP, On SLW, Vandamme PAR. Misidentifying Helicobacter cinaedi. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001; 39:2751-2752. 🇨🇭
- 🧍 The strain ATCC 35683, designated as the type strain by Totten et al. 1985 [1], is not the type strain of Campylobacter cinaedi. Publication: Totten PA, Fennell CL, Tenover FC, Wezenberg JM, Perine PL, Stamm WE, Holmes KK. Campylobacter cinaedi (sp. nov.) and Campylobacter fennelliae (sp. nov.): two new Campylobacter species associated with enteric disease in homosexual men. J Infect Dis 1985; 151:131-139.

Parent taxon: Campylobacter Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Totten PA, Fennell CL, Tenover FC, Wezenberg JM, Perine PL, Stamm WE, Holmes KK. Campylobacter cinaedi (sp. nov.) and Campylobacter fennelliae (sp. nov.): two new Campylobacter species associated with enteric disease in homosexual men. J Infect Dis 1985; 151:131-139.

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Species Campylobacter cinaedi