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 (Latin transliteration rhusios); 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

See detailed strain information at

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

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 Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 900 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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