Name: Serratia ficaria Grimont et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.ca’ri.a. L. fem. adj. ficaria, of or belonging to figs

Pronunciation, gender: fi-KA-ri-a, feminine

Type strain: 4024; ATCC 33105; CIP 79.23; DSM 4569; ICPB 4050; JCM 1241; LMG 7881; NBRC 102596; NCTC 12148

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233428 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Starr MP. Serratia ficaria sp. nov., a bacterial species associated with Smyrna figs and the fig wasp Blastophaga psenes. Curr. Microbiol. 1979; 2:277-282.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-Fraile et al. 2020 Garcia-Fraile P, Sproer C, Chesneau O, Criscuolo A, Lang E, Clermont D. Serratia vespertilionis (Garcia-Fraile et al. 2015) is a later heterotypic synonym of Serratia ficaria (Grimont et al. 1981). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1961-1962. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

• 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 - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 26 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 pathogenicity 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.

Parent taxon: Serratia Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Starr MP. Serratia ficaria sp. nov., a bacterial species associated with Smyrna figs and the fig wasp Blastophaga psenes. Curr. Microbiol. 1979; 2:277-282.

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Record number: 780872