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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adj. rhousios, reddish (Latin transliteration rhusios); Gr. n. pathos, accident, misfortune, calamity, here intended to mean disease; N.L. gen. n. rhusiopathiae, of red disease

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB019247 Analyse FASTA

Original 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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• 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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

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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