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

Gender: 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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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