Name: Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. hyointestinalis (Gebhart et al. 1985) On et al. 1995

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Campylobacter hyointestinalis Gebhart et al. 1985

Etymology: hy.o.in.tes.ti.na’lis. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs (gen. hyos), a hog, pig; L. neut. adj. intestinum, intestines; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. intestinalis, pertaining to the intestines; N.L. masc. adj. hyointestinalis, of a hog's intestine

Pronunciation, gender: hy-o-in-tes-ti-NA-lis, masculine

Type strain: 80-4577-4; ATCC 35217; CCUG 14169; CIP 103746; DSM 19053; LMG 7817; NCTC 11608

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: On SL, Bloch B, Holmes B, Hoste B, Vandamme P. Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii subsp. nov., isolated from the porcine stomach, and an emended description of Campylobacter hyointestinalis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:767-774.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii On et al. 1995 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: On SL, Bloch B, Holmes B, Hoste B, Vandamme P. Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii subsp. nov., isolated from the porcine stomach, and an emended description of Campylobacter hyointestinalis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:767-774.
  • 😷 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 = "Z". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Gebhart et al. 1985, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Campylobacter hyointestinalis Gebhart et al. 1985

Assigned by: On SL, Bloch B, Holmes B, Hoste B, Vandamme P. Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii subsp. nov., isolated from the porcine stomach, and an emended description of Campylobacter hyointestinalis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:767-774.

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Record number: 783591