Name: Francisella persica (Suitor and Weiss 1961) Larson et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Wolbachia persica Suitor and Weiss 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: per’si.ca. L. fem. adj. persica, Persian

Pronunciation, gender: PER-si-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-331; DSM 101678; FSC845

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M21292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Larson MA, Nalbantoglu U, Sayood K, Zentz EB, Cer RZ, Iwen PC, Francesconi SC, Bishop-Lilly KA, Mokashi VP, Sjostedt A, et al. Reclassification of Wolbachia persica as Francisella persica comb. nov. and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1200-1205. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wolbachia persica Suitor and Weiss 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07273 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 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.

Parent taxon: Francisella Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Larson MA, Nalbantoglu U, Sayood K, Zentz EB, Cer RZ, Iwen PC, Francesconi SC, Bishop-Lilly KA, Mokashi VP, Sjostedt A, et al. Reclassification of Wolbachia persica as Francisella persica comb. nov. and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1200-1205. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 793956