Name: Francisella hispaniensis Huber et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: his.pa.ni.en’sis. L. fem. adj. hispaniensis, from Hispania, the Latin name for Spain, the country where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: his-pa-ni-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 58020; DSM 22475; F62; FhSp1; FnSp1; FSC454

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN252413 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber B, Escudero R, Busse HJ, Seibold E, Scholz HC, Anda P, Kampfer P, Splettstoesser WD. Description of Francisella hispaniensis sp. nov., isolated from human blood, reclassification of Francisella novicida (Larson et al. 1955) Olsufiev et al. 1959 as Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Francisella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1887-1896.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10227 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. 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. — 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 9 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Francisella Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Huber B, Escudero R, Busse HJ, Seibold E, Scholz HC, Anda P, Kampfer P, Splettstoesser WD. Description of Francisella hispaniensis sp. nov., isolated from human blood, reclassification of Francisella novicida (Larson et al. 1955) Olsufiev et al. 1959 as Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Francisella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1887-1896.

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Record number: 788701