Name: Ochrobactrum pecoris Kämpfer et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe’co.ris. L. gen. neut. n. pecoris, of livestock

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 08RB2639; CCM 7822; CCUG 60088; DSM 23868

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT758011 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Huber B, Busse HJ, Scholz HC, Tomaso H, Hotzel H, Melzer F. Ochrobactrum pecoris sp. nov., isolated from farm animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2278-2283.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella pecoris (Kämpfer et al. 2011) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella pecoris (Kämpfer et al. 2011) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ochrobactrum pecoris 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Huber B, Busse HJ, Scholz HC, Tomaso H, Hotzel H, Melzer F. Ochrobactrum pecoris sp. nov., isolated from farm animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2278-2283.

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Record number: 789434