Name: Francisella orientalis (Ottem et al. 2009) Ramirez-Paredes et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009

Etymology: o.ri.en.ta’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. orientalis, from the east, referring to where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21254; Ehime-1; LMG 24544

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB194068 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ramirez-Paredes JG, Larsson P, Thompson KD, Penman DJ, Busse HJ, Ohrman C, Sjodin A, Soto E, Richards RH, Adams A, et al. Reclassification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009 as Francisella orientalis sp. nov., Francisella noatunensis subsp. chilensis subsp. nov. and emended description of Francisella noatunensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2034-2048.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Francisella Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ramirez-Paredes JG, Larsson P, Thompson KD, Penman DJ, Busse HJ, Ohrman C, Sjodin A, Soto E, Richards RH, Adams A, et al. Reclassification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009 as Francisella orientalis sp. nov., Francisella noatunensis subsp. chilensis subsp. nov. and emended description of Francisella noatunensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2034-2048.

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Record number: 8634