Name: Vogesella indigofera (Voges 1893) Grimes et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus indigoferus" Voges 1893

Etymology: in.di.go’fe.ra. French masc. n. indigo, the dye indigo; from L. neut. adj. indicum, indigo; L. masc. adj. suff. -fer, bearing; from L. v. fero, to bear; N.L. fem. adj. indigofera, bearing indigo

Pronunciation, gender: in-di-GO-fe-ra, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19706; CCUG 2873; CCUG 32860; CIP 103306; DSM 3303; LMG 6867

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021385 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Grimes DJ, Woese CR, MacDonell MT, Colwell RR. Systematic study of the genus Vogesella gen. nov. and its type species, Vogesella indigofera comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:19-27.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas indigofera (Voges 1893) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillus indigoferus" Voges 1893	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vogesella Grimes et al. 1997. Publication: Grimes DJ, Woese CR, MacDonell MT, Colwell RR. Systematic study of the genus Vogesella gen. nov. and its type species, Vogesella indigofera comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:19-27.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 12 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Vogesella Grimes et al. 1997

Assigned by: Grimes DJ, Woese CR, MacDonell MT, Colwell RR. Systematic study of the genus Vogesella gen. nov. and its type species, Vogesella indigofera comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:19-27.

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Record number: 783059