Name: Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.lum.bi’na. L. fem. adj. columbina, pertaining to pigeons

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47689; CIP 106288; DSM 16469; Hinz x183-89; LMG 11607

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16S rRNA gene: AF181448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vancanneyt M, Vandamme P, Segers P, Torck U, Coopman R, Kersters K, Hinz KH. Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:289-295.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Rubbenstroth et al. 2013 Rubbenstroth D, Ryll M, Hotzel H, Christensen H, Knobloch JK, Rautenschlein S, Bisgaard M. Description of Riemerella columbipharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharynx of healthy domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica), and emended descriptions of the genus Riemerella, Riemerella anatipestifer and Riemerella columbina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:280-287. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999 was previously known as Riemerella anatipestifer-like. — The paper by Vancanneyt et al. is not available in "IJSEM Online". Publication: Segers P, Mannheim W, Vancanneyt M, De Brandt K, Hinz KH, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Riemerella anatipestifer gen. nov., comb. nov., the causative agent of septicemia anserum exsudativa, and its phylogenetic affiliation within the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga rRNA homology group. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:768-776.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Riemerella Segers et al. 1993

Assigned by: Vancanneyt M, Vandamme P, Segers P, Torck U, Coopman R, Kersters K, Hinz KH. Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:289-295.

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