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)

Gender: 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

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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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