Name: Ochrobactrum haematophilum Kämpfer et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hae.ma.to.phi’lum. Gr. neut. n. haîma (gen. haîmatos), blood; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. haematophilum, blood-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 38531; CIP 109452; DSM 22355

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM422370 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Scholz HC, Huber B, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2513-2518.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella haematophila (Kämpfer et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella haematophila (Kämpfer et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Ochrobactrum haematophilum is the correct name 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ochrobactrum.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Scholz HC, Huber B, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2513-2518.

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Record number: 786917