Name: Dermatophilus chelonae Masters et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: che.lo’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. chelonae, of a turtle or tortoise, the source of the first isolates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51576; CCUG 47447; DSM 44178; JCM 9706; NBRC 105200; W16

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16S rRNA gene: AJ243919 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Masters AM, Ellis TM, Carson JM, Sutherland SS, Gregory AR. Dermatophilus chelonae sp. nov., isolated from chelonids in Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:50-56.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Austwickia chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) Hamada et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Austwickia chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) Hamada et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Dermatophilus chelonae 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 Dermatophilus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Dermatophilus (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Masters AM, Ellis TM, Carson JM, Sutherland SS, Gregory AR. Dermatophilus chelonae sp. nov., isolated from chelonids in Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:50-56.

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