Name: Francisella philomiragia subsp. philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Mikalsen et al. 2007

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Yersinia philomiragia Jensen et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: phi.lo.mi.ra.gi.a. N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. n. miragium, mirage; from L. v. miro, to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing, to admire; N.L. fem. adj. philomiragia, a friend of mirages, loving mirages, because of the mirages observed in the area where the first isolations of this species were made [probably better: illusioniphila]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25015; CCUG 19700; CCUG 4992; CIP 82.98; DSM 7535

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Mikalsen J, Olsen AB, Tengs T, Colquhoun DJ. Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis subsp. nov., isolated from farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1960-1965.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis Mikalsen et al. 2007 according to rule 40d. Publication: Mikalsen J, Olsen AB, Tengs T, Colquhoun DJ. Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis subsp. nov., isolated from farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1960-1965.
  • ❗ Francisella philomiragia subsp. philomiragia 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 philomiragia within a separate genus Francisella.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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.
  • 🧍 If an author accepts the elevation of Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis Mikalsen et al. 2007 to full species status, then Francisella philomiragia subsp. philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Mikalsen et al. 2007 should thereafter be designated simply as Francisella philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990. Publication: Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Steigerwalt AG, Wenger JD, Moss CW, Brenner DJ. Francisella philomiragia comb. nov. (formerly Yersinia philomiragia) and Francisella tularensis biogroup novicida (formerly Francisella novicida) associated with human disease. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:1601-1608.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990, 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: Francisella philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990

Assigned by: Mikalsen J, Olsen AB, Tengs T, Colquhoun DJ. Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis subsp. nov., isolated from farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1960-1965.

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Record number: 786749