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Species Helicobacter fennelliae
Name: Helicobacter fennelliae (Totten et al. 1988) Vandamme et al. 1991
Basonym: Campylobacter fennelliae Totten et al. 1988
Etymology: fen.nel’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. fennelliae, of Fennell, named after C.L. Fennell, the person who first isolated this organism from rectal swabs of homosexual males
Pronunciation, gender: fen-NEL-li-a͡e, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 35684; CCUG 18820; CIP 103758; DSM 7491; Fennell 231; NCTC 11612
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M88154
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Campylobacter fennelliae Totten et al. 1988 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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 24 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 the species itself.
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🧍 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.
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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Record number: 776866
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