Species ***Helicobacter* *cinaedi***

Name: Helicobacter cinaedi (Totten et al. 1988) Vandamme et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Campylobacter cinaedi Totten et al. 1988

Etymology: ci.nae’di. L. gen. masc. n. cinaedi, of a homosexual

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-li-ko-BAK-ter ki-NA͡E-di, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 18818; CIP 103752; DSM 5359; Fennell 165; LMG 7543; NCTC 12423

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M88150 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103. 🇧🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Campylobacter cinaedi Totten et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04129 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 206 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
- 🧍 The strain ATCC 35683, designated as the type strain of Campylobacter cinaedi by Totten et al. 1985 [1] and as the type strain of Helicobacter cinaedi by Vandamme et al. 1991 [2], is not the type strain of Helicobacter cinaedi. It is a strain of Helicobacter fennelliae (Campylobacter fennelliae) [3, 4, 5, 6]. The origin of the strain ATCC 35683 remains unknown. According to P. Vandamme [6] and to S.L.W. On [7], if the origin of this strain cannot be confirmed, it should be withdrawn from distribution. Publication: Totten PA, Fennell CL, Tenover FC, Wezenberg JM, Perine PL, Stamm WE, Holmes KK. Campylobacter cinaedi (sp. nov.) and Campylobacter fennelliae (sp. nov.): two new Campylobacter species associated with enteric disease in homosexual men. J Infect Dis 1985; 151:131-139.

Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103. 🇧🇪

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Species ***Helicobacter* *cinaedi***