Name: Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: eu.ro.pae’a. N.L. fem. adj. europaea, of or belonging to Europe, because the first collection of strains was isolated in different European countries

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700725; CCUG 39967; CIP 105809; CIP 105842; Hommez N57; LMG 10982

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11890 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Segers P, Ryll M, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Coopman R, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, Kersters K, De Wachter R, et al. Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:431-440.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998. Publication: Vandamme P, Segers P, Ryll M, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Coopman R, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, Kersters K, De Wachter R, et al. Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:431-440.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Taylorella and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Segers P, Ryll M, Hommez J, Vancanneyt M, Coopman R, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, Kersters K, De Wachter R, et al. Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:431-440.

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