Name: Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980

Etymology: du.moff’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dumoffii, of Dumoff, named after Morris Dumoff, who first isolated L. pneumophila directly on bacteriologic media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33279; CCUG 11881; CIP 103876; DSM 17625; NCTC 11370; NY 23

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16S rRNA gene: X73405 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown A, Garrity GM, Vickers RM. Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al.) comb. nov. and Fluoribacter gormanii (Morris et al.) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:111-115.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Fluoribacter dumoffii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Fluoribacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 Reclassification opposed IJSB 35:50. Publication: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, Gorman GW, Wilkinson HW, Bibb WF, Hackel M, Tyndall RL, Campbell J, Feeley JC, Thacker WL, et al. Ten new species of Legionella. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:50-59.
  • 🧍 The species name Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981 is a correct name (Principle 6). According to his/her scientific opinion, a bacteriologist may use the species names Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981 or Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980. However, the names Fluoribacter Garrity et al. 1980, Fluoribacter bozemanae Garrity et al. 1980, Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981, and Fluoribacter gormanii (Morris et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981 have never found widespread usage. Publication: Garrity GM, Brown A, Vickers RM. Tatlockia and Fluoribacter: two new genera of organisms resembling Legionella pneumophila. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:609-614.

Parent taxon: Fluoribacter Garrity et al. 1980

Assigned by: Brown A, Garrity GM, Vickers RM. Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al.) comb. nov. and Fluoribacter gormanii (Morris et al.) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:111-115.

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