Species ***Helicobacter* *mustelae***

Name: Helicobacter mustelae (Fox et al. 1988) Goodwin et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Campylobacter pylori subsp. mustelae Fox et al. 1988

Etymology: mus.te’lae. L. fem. n. mustela, a weasel, and also a generic name (Mustela); L. gen. fem. n. mustelae, intended to mean of a ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-li-ko-BAK-ter mus-TE-la͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43772; CCUG 25715; CIP 103759; NCTC 12198; R85-13-6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M35048 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Goodwin CS, Armstrong JA, Chilvers T, Peters M, Collins MD, Sly L, McConnell W, Harper WES. Transfer of Campylobacter pylori and Campylobacter mustelae to Helicobacter gen. nov. as Helicobacter pylori comb. nov. and Helicobacter mustelae comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:397-405. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Campylobacter pylori subsp. mustelae Fox et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Campylobacter mustelae (Fox et al. 1988) Fox et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 = "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 103 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.

Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Assigned by: Goodwin CS, Armstrong JA, Chilvers T, Peters M, Collins MD, Sly L, McConnell W, Harper WES. Transfer of Campylobacter pylori and Campylobacter mustelae to Helicobacter gen. nov. as Helicobacter pylori comb. nov. and Helicobacter mustelae comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:397-405. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 784000

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Species Helicobacter mustelae

Species ***Helicobacter* *mustelae***