Name: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium rhusiopathiae" Migula 1900

Etymology: rhu.si.o.pa.thi.ae. Gr. masc./fem. adj. rhousios, reddish; Gr. masc./fem. adj. rhysios; Gr. neut. n. pathos, accident, misfortune, calamity, here intended to mean disease; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhusiopathiae, of red disease [probably better: rhusiopathi]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19414; CCUG 221; CIP 105957; DSM 5055; NCTC 8163

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB034200 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Buchanan RE. Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: V. Subgroups and Genera of the Bacteriaceae. J Bacteriol 1918; 3:27-61.

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, conserved name

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium rhusiopathiae" Migula 1900	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rosenbach FJ. Experimentelle, morphologische und klinische Studie über die krankheitserregenden Mikroorganismen der Schweinerotlaufs, der Erysipeloids und der Mäusesepsis. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Virologie 1909; 63:343-371.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; serovar 7: 2 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 = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 10: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 14: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 2: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 23: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 3: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serovar 7: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 = "Z". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 929 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.
  • 🧍 Conserved epithet (Judicial Opinion 32). Only conservation of an epithet, and over all earlier homotypic synonyms. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 32. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1970; 20:9.

Parent taxon: Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Buchanan RE. Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: V. Subgroups and Genera of the Bacteriaceae. J Bacteriol 1918; 3:27-61.

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