Name: Trueperella bonasi (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcanobacterium bonasi Lehnen et al. 2006

Etymology: bo.na’si. L. masc. n. bonasus (gen. bonasi), a species of bull in Pœonia, with the hair of a horse, and with horns unfit for fighting; L. gen. masc. n. bonasi, of bonasus, of the European bison (Bison bonasus) from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tru͡e-pe-REL-la bo-NA-si, feminine

Type strain: 2(W106/04); DSM 17163; NCTC 13355

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ879697 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P. Comparative chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies on the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1982 emend. Lehnen et al. 2006: proposal for Trueperella gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1265-1274. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcanobacterium bonasi Lehnen et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 1 time 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: Trueperella Yassin et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P. Comparative chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies on the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1982 emend. Lehnen et al. 2006: proposal for Trueperella gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1265-1274. 🇩🇪

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