Species Streptobacillus felis

Name: Streptobacillus felis Eisenberg et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fe’lis. L. gen. fem. n. felis, of a cat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-ba-KIL-lus FE-lis, masculine

Type strain: 131000547; CCM 8542; CCUG 66203; DSM 29248

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG421076 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Nicklas W, Mauder N, Contzen M, Aledelbi K, Kampfer P. Streptobacillus felis sp. nov., isolated from a cat with pneumonia, and emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and of Streptobacillus moniliformis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2172-2178. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Nicklas W, Mauder N, Contzen M, Aledelbi K, Kampfer P. Streptobacillus felis sp. nov., isolated from a cat with pneumonia, and emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and of Streptobacillus moniliformis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2172-2178. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 792929