Name: Campylobacter sputorum subsp. mucosalis (ex Lawson and Rowland 1974) Lawson et al. 1981

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: mu.co.sa.lis. L. fem. n. tunica, mucosa, mucous membrane; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. mucosalis, pertaining to the mucous membrane (tunica mucosa)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43264; CCUG 6822; CIP 103750; DSM 21682; FS253/72; NCTC 11000

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ174173 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson GHK, Leaver JL, Pettigrew GW, Rowland AC. Some features of Campylobacter sputorum subsp. mucosalis subsp. nov., nom. rev. and their taxonomic significance. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:385-391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Campylobacter mucosalis (Lawson et al. 1981 ex Lawson and Rowland 1974) Roop et al. 1985

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Campylobacter mucosalis (Lawson et al. 1981 ex Lawson and Rowland 1974) Roop et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Campylobacter sputorum subsp. mucosalis is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Campylobacter sputorum within a separate genus Campylobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Campylobacter sputorum (Prévot 1940) Véron and Chatelain 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson GHK, Leaver JL, Pettigrew GW, Rowland AC. Some features of Campylobacter sputorum subsp. mucosalis subsp. nov., nom. rev. and their taxonomic significance. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:385-391.

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Record number: 783602