Name: Tonsilliphilus suis Azuma et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su’is. L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a pig

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35846; CCM 3774; DSM 21880; JCM 15727; W254

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB096084 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Azuma R, Ung-Bok B, Murakami S, Ishiwata H, Osaki M, Shimada N, Ito Y, Miyagawa E, Makino T, Kudo T, et al. Tonsilliphilus suis gen. nov., sp. nov., causing tonsil infections in pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2545-2552.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tonsilliphilus Azuma et al. 2013. Publication: Azuma R, Ung-Bok B, Murakami S, Ishiwata H, Osaki M, Shimada N, Ito Y, Miyagawa E, Makino T, Kudo T, et al. Tonsilliphilus suis gen. nov., sp. nov., causing tonsil infections in pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2545-2552.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Tonsilliphilus Azuma et al. 2013

Assigned by: Azuma R, Ung-Bok B, Murakami S, Ishiwata H, Osaki M, Shimada N, Ito Y, Miyagawa E, Makino T, Kudo T, et al. Tonsilliphilus suis gen. nov., sp. nov., causing tonsil infections in pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2545-2552.

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