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]

Gender: feminine

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

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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

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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