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Species Campylobacter fetus

Name: Campylobacter fetus (Smith and Taylor 1919) Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Vibrio fetus" Smith and Taylor 1919

Etymology: fe’tus. L. masc. n. fetus (gen. fetus), young, offspring, fruit; L. gen. masc. n. fetus, of a fetus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kam-py-lo-BAK-ter FE-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27374; CCUG 6823; CCUG 6823 A; CIP 53.96; DSM 5361; JCM 2527; LMG 6442; NBIMCC 8738; NCTC 10842

16S rRNA gene: M65012 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Sebald M, Veron M. [BASE DNA CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF VIBRIOS]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1963; 105:897-910.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3". — 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. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 1106 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 Members of the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria had noted that the specific epithet fetus was erroneously formed. This required correction of the spelling of the epithet or, alternatively, correction of the etymology. The subcommittee members reached a consensus to correct the etymology of the specific epithet fetus. The correct etymology is: fe'tus. L. masc. n. fetus, fetus, fruit; L. gen. masc. n. fetus, of a fetus. Publication: Vandamme P, On SL. Recommendations of the subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:719-721. 🇧🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

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

Assigned by: Sebald M, Veron M. [BASE DNA CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF VIBRIOS]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1963; 105:897-910.

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Record number: 783585