Name: Yersinia philomiragia Jensen et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phi.lo.mi.ra’gi.a. N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. n. miragium, mirage; from L. v. miro, miror to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing, to admire; N.L. fem. adj. philomiragia, a friend of mirages, loving mirages, because of the mirages observed in the area where the first isolations of this species were made [probably better: illusioniphila]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: yer-SI-ni-a p^hi-lo-mi-RA-gi-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25015; CCUG 19700; CCUG 4992; CIP 82.98; DSM 7535

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF153479 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jensen WI, Owen CR, Jellison WL. Yersinia philomiragia sp. n., a new member of the Pasteurella group of bacteria, naturally pathogenic for the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica). J Bacteriol 1969; 100:1237-1241.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Francisella philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Francisella philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Yersinia philomiragia is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Yersinia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jensen WI, Owen CR, Jellison WL. Yersinia philomiragia sp. n., a new member of the Pasteurella group of bacteria, naturally pathogenic for the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica). J Bacteriol 1969; 100:1237-1241.

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Record number: 783201