Name: Tatumella saanichensis Tracz et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: saa.ni.chen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. saanichensis, pertaining to the Saanich municipality of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: saa-ni-K^HEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55408; DSM 19846; NML 6-3099

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU215774 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tracz DM, Gilmour MW, Mabon P, Beniac DR, Hoang L, Kibsey P, Van Domselaar G, Tabor H, Westmacott GR, Corbett CR, et al. Tatumella saanichensis sp. nov., isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1959-1966. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 3 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 a putative 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: Tatumella Hollis et al. 1982

Assigned by: Tracz DM, Gilmour MW, Mabon P, Beniac DR, Hoang L, Kibsey P, Van Domselaar G, Tabor H, Westmacott GR, Corbett CR, et al. Tatumella saanichensis sp. nov., isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1959-1966. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 792867