Name: Yersinia rohdei Aleksic et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’hde.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. rohdei, of Rohde, named in honor of Rolf Rohde, who founded the National Reference Center for Salmonella in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, and who made many significant contributions to the diagnostic and serological identification of Enterobacteriaceae, especially Salmonella

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43380; CCUG 38833; CDC 3022-85; CIP 103163; DSM 18270; H271-36/78; JCM 7376; LMG 8454

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16S rRNA gene: KJ606913 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aleksic S, Steigerwalt AG, Bockemühl J, Huntley-Carter GP, Brenner DJ. Yersinia rohdei sp. nov. isolated from human and dog feces and surface water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:327-332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07146 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aleksic S, Steigerwalt AG, Bockemühl J, Huntley-Carter GP, Brenner DJ. Yersinia rohdei sp. nov. isolated from human and dog feces and surface water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:327-332.

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Record number: 783203