Name: Campylobacter lari corrig. Benjamin et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.ri. L. masc. n. larus, a ravenous sea-bird, the mew, gull; L. gen. masc. n. lari, of a gull

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35221; CCUG 23947; CIP 102722; DSM 11375; JCM 2530; LMG 8846; NCTC 11352; WRI 3034/77

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB181368 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Benjamin J, Leaper S, Owen RJ, Skirrow MB. Description of Campylobacter laridis, a new species comprising the nalidixic acid resistant thermophilic Campylobacter (NARTC) group. Curr. Microbiol. 1983; 8:231-238.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Campylobacter laridis Benjamin et al. 1984	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Debruyne et al. 2009 Debruyne L, On SL, De Brandt E, Vandamme P. Novel Campylobacter lari-like bacteria from humans and molluscs: description of Campylobacter peloridis sp. nov., Campylobacter lari subsp. concheus subsp. nov. and Campylobacter lari subsp. lari subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1126-1132. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

• 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 - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 209 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 an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 40:211. Publication: von Graevenitz A. Revised nomenclature of Campylobacter laridis, Enterobacter intermedium, and "Flavobacterium branchiophila". Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:211.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Campylobacter laridis (sic), has been corrected by Von Graevenitz 1990. Publication: von Graevenitz A. Revised nomenclature of Campylobacter laridis, Enterobacter intermedium, and "Flavobacterium branchiophila". Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:211.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Campylobacter lari subsp. concheus Debruyne et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Campylobacter lari subsp. lari (Benjamin et al. 1984) Debruyne et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Benjamin J, Leaper S, Owen RJ, Skirrow MB. Description of Campylobacter laridis, a new species comprising the nalidixic acid resistant thermophilic Campylobacter (NARTC) group. Curr. Microbiol. 1983; 8:231-238.

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