Name:Helicobacterailurogastricus Joosten et al. 2017
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:a.i.lu.ro.gas’tri.cus.Gr. masc./fem. n.ailouros, cat; N.L. masc. adj.gastricus, of the stomach, stomach; from Gr. fem. n.gastêr, stomach; N.L. masc. adj.ailurogastricus, of a cat’s stomach
Effective publication:
Joosten M, Linden S, Rossi M, Tay AC, Skoog E, Padra M, Peters F, Perkins T, Vandamme P, Van Nieuwerburgh F, et al. Divergence between the Highly Virulent Zoonotic Pathogen Helicobacter heilmannii and Its Closest Relative, the Low-Virulence "Helicobacter ailurogastricus" sp. nov. Infect Immun 2016; 84:293-306. 🇧🇪
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Risk group:
1
Notes:
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Helicobacterheilmannii Smet et al. 2012.Publication:
Smet A, Flahou B, D'Herde K, Vandamme P, Cleenwerck I, Ducatelle R, Pasmans F, Haesebrouck F. Helicobacter heilmannii sp. nov., isolated from feline gastric mucosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:299-306. 🇧🇪
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.
🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Helicobacterheilmannii Smet et al. 2012.Publication:
Smet A, Flahou B, D'Herde K, Vandamme P, Cleenwerck I, Ducatelle R, Pasmans F, Haesebrouck F. Helicobacter heilmannii sp. nov., isolated from feline gastric mucosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:299-306. 🇧🇪
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.
Assigned by:
Joosten M, Linden S, Rossi M, Tay AC, Skoog E, Padra M, Peters F, Perkins T, Vandamme P, Van Nieuwerburgh F, et al. Divergence between the Highly Virulent Zoonotic Pathogen Helicobacter heilmannii and Its Closest Relative, the Low-Virulence "Helicobacter ailurogastricus" sp. nov. Infect Immun 2016; 84:293-306. 🇧🇪
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