Species Salmonella choleraesuis

Name: Salmonella choleraesuis corrig. (Smith 1894) Weldin 1927 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus choleraesuis" Smith 1894

Etymology: cho.le.rae.su’is. Gr. fem. n. cholera, cholera; L. masc./fem. n. sus, hog; N.L. gen. fem. n. choleraesuis, of cholera of a hog

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sal-mo-NEL-la k^ho-le-ra͡e-SU-is, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13312; CIP 55.133; DSM 14846; F. Kauffmann 1348; JCM 1651; NCTC 5735

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU014681 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Weldin JC. The colon-typhoid group of bacteria and related forms. Relationships and classification. Iowa State Journal of Science 1927; 1:121-197.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Salmonella typhimurium (Loeffler 1892) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salmonella paratyphi (ex Kayser 1902) Ezaki et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name, lectotype
Salmonella enteritidis (Gaertner 1888) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus enteritidis" Gaertner 1888	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus typhimurium" Loeffler 1892	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus choleraesuis" Smith 1894	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus typhi" Schroeter 1886	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Salmonella typhi (Schroeter 1886) Warren and Scott 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus typhimurium" Loeffler 1892. Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Salmonella enterica (ex Kauffmann and Edwards 1952) Le Minor and Popoff 1987. Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Tindall et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Salmonella typhimurium (Loeffler 1892) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ, Grimont PA, Garrity GM, Euzeby JP. Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:521-524. 🇩🇪
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.
- ❗ Salmonella choleraesuis 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 Salmonella.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "default: 3 human and animal pathogen - human: (*) - biological class of risk animal: 3; choleraesuis (serotype paratyphi A): 2 human pathogen; serovar Typhi: 3 human pathogen - (*); typhi: 3 human pathogen - (*); serotype typhimurium: 2 human and 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 = "serovar Choleraesuis: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; serotype typhimurium: 2 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 United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 547 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 34:510; Salmonella cholerae-suis (sic). Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The original spelling, Salmonella cholerae-suis (sic), has been corrected by Farmer 1983 [1], by Hill et al. 1984 [2], and by Howey et al. 1990 [3]. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. arizonae corrig. (Borman 1957) Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. bongori corrig. Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. choleraesuis corrig. (Smith 1894) Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. diarizonae corrig. Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. houtenae corrig. (ex Le Minor et al. 1970) Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. indica Le Minor et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. salamae corrig. (ex Le Minor et al. 1970) Le Minor et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Salmonella Lignieres 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Weldin JC. The colon-typhoid group of bacteria and related forms. Relationships and classification. Iowa State Journal of Science 1927; 1:121-197.

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