Name: Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sky.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. skyensis, pertaining to Skye, the island in Scotland, UK, where the first two isolates of this species were isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 95A1; DSM 24204; NCIMB 13593; NCTC 13204

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16S rRNA gene: AJ243202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Birkbeck TH, Laidler LA, Grant AN, Cox DI. Pasteurella skyensis sp. nov., isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:699-704.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phocoenobacter skyensis (Birkbeck et al. 2002) Nilsen et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1 - Considerations for containment: This biological agent is an aquatic animal pathogen and, as such, the importation and use of this pathogen are regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Please contact the CFIA at cfia.biocontainment-bioconfinement.acia@canada.ca to obtain additional information.". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • ⚠ This name is retained (and recommended for medical use. This will change in the future) instead of Phocoenobacter skyensis (Birkbeck et al. 2002) Nilsen et al. 2025. Publication: Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Birkbeck TH, Laidler LA, Grant AN, Cox DI. Pasteurella skyensis sp. nov., isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:699-704.

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