Name: Spirabiliibacterium falconis Bisgaard and Christensen 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fal.co’nis. L. gen. masc. n. falconis, of a falcon

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 28587; IPDH 2176; NCTC 11878

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16S rRNA gene: EU826035 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Classification of Bisgaard's taxa 14 and 32 and a taxon from kestrels demonstrating satellitic growth and proposal of Spirabiliibacterium gen. nov., including the description of three species: Spirabiliibacterium mucosae sp. nov., Spirabiliibacterium pneumoniae sp. nov. and Spirabiliibacterium falconis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16116 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Spirabiliibacterium Bisgaard and Christensen 2021

Assigned by: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Classification of Bisgaard's taxa 14 and 32 and a taxon from kestrels demonstrating satellitic growth and proposal of Spirabiliibacterium gen. nov., including the description of three species: Spirabiliibacterium mucosae sp. nov., Spirabiliibacterium pneumoniae sp. nov. and Spirabiliibacterium falconis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

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Record number: 18860