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Species Campylobacter helveticus

Name: Campylobacter helveticus Stanley et al. 1993

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hel.ve’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. helveticus, of or belonging to the Helvetians, Helvetian, referring to Swiss, after the country of first isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kam-py-lo-BAK-ter hel-WE-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51209; CCUG 30682; CIP 104877; DSM 23197; NCTC 12470

16S rRNA gene: U03022 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Stanley J, Burnens AP, Linton D, On SL, Costas M, Owen RJ. Campylobacter helveticus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species from domestic animals: characterization, and cloning of a species-specific DNA probe. J Gen Microbiol 1992; 138:2293-2303.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 45. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:398-399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04846 (N = 1).
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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 2026-08-13. 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 18 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.

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

Assigned by: Stanley J, Burnens AP, Linton D, On SL, Costas M, Owen RJ. Campylobacter helveticus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species from domestic animals: characterization, and cloning of a species-specific DNA probe. J Gen Microbiol 1992; 138:2293-2303.

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Record number: 783588