Name: Ochrobactrum intermedium Velasco et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.ter.me’di.um. L. neut. adj. intermedium, that is between, intermediate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 24694; CIP 105838; CNS 2-75; DSM 17986; IFO 15820; LMG 3301; NBRC 15820; NCTC 12171

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680967 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Velasco J, Romero C, Lopez-Goni I, Leiva J, Diaz R, Moriyon I. Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:759-768.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella intermedia (Velasco et al. 1998) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella intermedia (Velasco et al. 1998) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ochrobactrum intermedium is the 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ochrobactrum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 102 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Velasco J, Romero C, Lopez-Goni I, Leiva J, Diaz R, Moriyon I. Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:759-768.

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