Name: Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: o.ri.en.ta’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. orientalis, of or belonging to the East, referring to where the type strain was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21254; Ehime-1; LMG 24544

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB194068 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ottem KF, Nylund A, Karlsbakk E, Friis-Moller A, Kamaishi T. Elevation of Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis Mikalsen et al. (2007) to Francisella noatunensis comb. nov. [syn. Francisella piscicida Ottem et al. (2008) syn. nov.] and characterization of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis subsp. nov., two important fish pathogens. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:1231-1243.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 128. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1555-1556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Francisella orientalis (Ottem et al. 2009) Ramirez-Paredes et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Francisella orientalis (Ottem et al. 2009) Ramirez-Paredes et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis 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 Francisella noatunensis within a separate genus Francisella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".

Parent taxon: Francisella noatunensis (Mikalsen et al. 2007) Ottem et al. 2009

Assigned by: Ottem KF, Nylund A, Karlsbakk E, Friis-Moller A, Kamaishi T. Elevation of Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis Mikalsen et al. (2007) to Francisella noatunensis comb. nov. [syn. Francisella piscicida Ottem et al. (2008) syn. nov.] and characterization of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis subsp. nov., two important fish pathogens. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:1231-1243.

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