Name: Dermatophilus congolensis (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Dermatophilus congolensis" Van Saceghem 1915

Etymology: con.go.len’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. congolensis, referring to Congo

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14637; CCUG 47448; DSM 44180; JCM 8106; NCTC 13039; NRRL B-2350

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ243918 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gordon MA. THE GENUS DERMATOPHILUS. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:509-522.

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dermatophilus congolensis" Van Saceghem 1915	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Dermatophilus (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gordon MA. THE GENUS DERMATOPHILUS. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:509-522.
  • 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.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

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

Assigned by: Gordon MA. THE GENUS DERMATOPHILUS. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:509-522.

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