Name: Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis Welch et al. 2000

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.rup.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. arupensis, pertaining to ARUP (Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc.) in Salt Lake City, Utah, the laboratory where the type strain was initially characterized

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700727; CCUG 50775; CIP 106848; DSM 28218; OK 94-513

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF558389 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Welch DF, Carroll KC, Hofmeister EK, Persing DH, Robison DA, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Isolation of a new subspecies, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, from a cattle rancher: identity with isolates found in conjunction with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among naturally infected mice. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:2598-2601.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 72. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

Parent taxon: Bartonella vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch 1982) Brenner et al. 1993

Assigned by: Welch DF, Carroll KC, Hofmeister EK, Persing DH, Robison DA, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Isolation of a new subspecies, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, from a cattle rancher: identity with isolates found in conjunction with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among naturally infected mice. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:2598-2601.

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