Name: Francisella halioticida Brevik et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.li.o.ti.ci’da. N.L. fem. n. Haliotis, abalone; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, killer; from L. inf. v. caedere, to kill; N.L. masc. n. halioticida, ‘abalone killer’, i.e. causing abalone mortality (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: ha-li-o-ti-KI-da, feminine

Type strain: DSM 23729; LMG 26062; Shimane-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB449247 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brevik OJ, Ottem KF, Kamaishi T, Watanabe K, Nylund A. Francisella halioticida sp. nov., a pathogen of farmed giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) in Japan. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:1044-1056.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 11 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the strains LMG 26062 and DSM 23729 are cited as LMG26062 and DSM23729, respectively. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

Parent taxon: Francisella Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brevik OJ, Ottem KF, Kamaishi T, Watanabe K, Nylund A. Francisella halioticida sp. nov., a pathogen of farmed giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) in Japan. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:1044-1056.

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