Species "Candidatus Helicobacter suis"

Name: "Candidatus Helicobacter suis" De Groote et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: su’is. L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, hog

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-li-ko-BAK-ter SU-is, masculine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 19735; HS1; LMG 23995

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF204589 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: De Groote D, van Doorn LJ, Ducatelle R, Verschuuren A, Haesebrouck F, Quint WG, Jalava K, Vandamme P. 'Candidatus Helicobacter suis', a gastric helicobacter from pigs, and its phylogenetic relatedness to other gastrospirilla. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1769-1777. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Helicobacter suis Baele et al. 2008

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Helicobacter suis Baele et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ "Candidatus Helicobacter suis" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Helicobacter.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12008 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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.
- 🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
- 🧍 "Candidatus Helicobacter suis" includes strains previously known as "Helicobacter heilmannii" type one. Publication: Heilmann KL, Borchard F. Gastritis due to spiral shaped bacteria other than Helicobacter pylori: clinical, histological, and ultrastructural findings. Gut 1991; 32:137-140.

Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Assigned by: De Groote D, van Doorn LJ, Ducatelle R, Verschuuren A, Haesebrouck F, Quint WG, Jalava K, Vandamme P. 'Candidatus Helicobacter suis', a gastric helicobacter from pigs, and its phylogenetic relatedness to other gastrospirilla. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1769-1777. 🇧🇪

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Species "Candidatus Helicobacter suis"