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. adj. congolensis, referring to Congo [probably better: congonensis]

Pronunciation, gender: kon-go-LEN-sis, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 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 238 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 (Reading) 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.

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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