Name: Suttonella ornithocola Foster et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: or.ni.tho’co.la. Gr. masc./fem. n. ornis, bird; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ornithocola, bird dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … or-ni-T^HO-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: B6/99/2; CCUG 49457; DSM 18249; NCTC 13337

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16S rRNA gene: AJ717394 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Foster G, Malnick H, Lawson PA, Kirkwood J, Macgregor SK, Collins MD. Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2269-2272. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

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 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 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 risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Suttonella Dewhirst et al. 1990

Assigned by: Foster G, Malnick H, Lawson PA, Kirkwood J, Macgregor SK, Collins MD. Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2269-2272. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 782341