Name: Hafnia paralvei Huys et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par.al’ve.i. Gr. prep. para, besides (also shortened to par); L. gen. masc. n. alvei, of a beehive and also a bacterial epithet; N.L. gen. masc. n. paralvei, organism similar to H. alvei

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29927; CDC 4510-73; LMG 24706

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM179943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huys G, Cnockaert M, Abbott SL, Janda JM, Vandamme P. Hafnia paralvei sp. nov., formerly known as Hafnia alvei hybridization group 2. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1725-1728.

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 31 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Hafnia paralvei Huys et al. 2010 was previously known as Hafnia alvei hybridisation group 2 or as Hafnia alvei biogroup 2. Publication: Moller V. Distribution of amino acid decarboxylases in Enterobacteriaceae. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1954; 35:259-277.

Parent taxon: Hafnia Møller 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Huys G, Cnockaert M, Abbott SL, Janda JM, Vandamme P. Hafnia paralvei sp. nov., formerly known as Hafnia alvei hybridization group 2. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1725-1728.

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